This week I have been taking home leftovers from our catered (free) lunches at work for the family to eat for dinner.  Sometimes it is only part of a meal, but at other times it is an enitre meal I can take home (veg, bread, protein).  I do this off and on to save $; and since I don't feel like cooking and we have had some ...

Okay, since our electric rates just went up 20%, this month we are focusing on lowering the electric bill.  We have unplugged everything that does not get used regularly (even the TV), b/c most anything that gets plugged in draws power even when it is not turned on.  Even the washing machine; it was a pain (literally) to get behind it to ...

[quote user="Raine"]  I strive to keep all foods as natural as possible and avoid processed foods whenever possible.  I predominately shop at Whole Foods and rarely does anything there have a coupon.  It may not be as thrifty at the grocery store, but thanks to God, I don't have any medical issues so to me it all ...

My sis lives in ATL.  She said that Ingles grocery has some of the most expensive gasoline in their area (Woodstock/Marietta).  Quick Trip has not gone up THAT much, and Circle K still had their gasoline at a more "reasonable" price. The refineries in the gulf are most likely going to shut down (if they have not already) and ...

OMG!  We are married to the same man, right down to the occasionally fixing computers...........Spooky....... My husband cannot say ANYTHING positive about any ideas I have.  When I told him I am going to really start trying hard to lose 60 pounds, he cut me off before I could even finish the sentence and told me about a lady he works ...

Of course every situation is different, but many folks are wealthy because they do not give in to every little impulse purchase.  They instead invest their money, whether it is stocks, plain old savings, or real estate.  They make their money work for them, instead of them working and working and working for their money. My parents, my ...

[quote user="Toni B."]The problem is that people tend to rush into marriage without getting to really know who/what they are getting involved with.[/quote]   Great insight!  To add to that, I really do think that most people don't even know THEMSELVES.  You have to know what you want and who you are before you can ...

Thank you for posting that!  I want to do mixes and a few baked goods this year, but with the baby turning 1 just 2 1/2 weeks before Christmas, something tells me that I will do well just to get the mixes prepared and "prettied up" in the jars. 

Yummo, peanut butter and bananas and blueberries taste soooooooooooooooooooooooo good together.  Which brings me to a question that has been bugging me for ages, where can I find a really good peanut grinder to make my own peanut butter?  Or can I just use my blender?

I did not say that she had been converted to vegetarian eating.  I said that she had tried mahi mahi and liked it.  Fish is much better for the human body than the fried meat-that-once-ran-around-on-legs that she usually eats.  And she was really excited about liking the taste of this healthier alternative, so I still stand by my ...