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🎡 Festive Fun on a Budget! 🎉
How to afford going to festivals and fairs. ✨ What are your favorite money-saving festival tips? Share them in the comments & let’s inspire each other to enjoy more and spend less! Want more inspiration? Subscribe now & receive a one-time gift: a free printable PDF meal plan 🗂, including a shopping list 🛒 &…
🍴Dinner Meals of the Week”📋✨
Easy Dinners & Free Meal Plan for real life 🏰 McDonald’s (free benefit from delivering Doordash )- 🍕 Amy’s Pizza – 🌮 Tacos – 🥦 Broccoli Alfredo Pasta – 🐟 Battered Fish, Beans, Potatoes – 🥧 Shepherd’s Pie – 🥡 Leftovers/Fend for Yourself Want more inspiration? Subscribe now & receive a one-time gift: a free…
Resilient Mom 💪 Honey Badger Spirit
Years ago, a dear friend compared me to a honey badger—fearless & resilient. 🦡 At first, I laughed, as we googled videos. (Google “Honey Badger Dont care) Then I saw the truth. The honey badger faces challenges head-on, refusing to back down. I have faced may challenges in my life, including: homelessness, Domestic Violence, Parental…
Budget Meal Prep:3 Now, 3 Later
$215: Food, Gas & Gifts 💰 On my mind:, inspired by “You Need a Budget.” (My Newest Read) My goal? No more credit card use. Paycheck:–> food ($110.45), gifts ($39.09) & gas ($39.72). With one more gas fill-up & $23 for Maple Festival this Weekend, smart spending is key – especially on food. Enter my…
Goals
Create household systems to increase Productivity & efficiency. What: No clothes on floor Less dirty dishes. How will i know i have accomplished this: dishes can be washed in less than 10 minutes. when do I want to complete this by: end of 2025 what will I need to accomplish this: Less dishes and clothes
How I Saved 28 Cents per Gallon on Fuel
How I earned $.18 per gallon cash back AND, paid.10 less per gallon. Save Money and Pay Less! in total I paid .28 cents a gallon less! how you ask?? Shell rewards & Upside app! why pay more when you don’t have to! That’s $3.38 in MY pocket. It may not sound like a lot,…
We can do hard things
We can do hard things Winter Blues and Daily TriumphsAnother snowy day in Vermont. The cold creeps in, and the routines march on—work, school, meetings, meals. It feels like life in perpetual motion, doesn’t it? At 44, as a single mom to a fifteen-year-old, my days often feel like an endless juggle of responsibilities: navigating…
New Year, New Goals and Reflection
Sunday, January 17, 2021 8:30AM SHOULD———->COULD My last post I used the word SHOULD, I would like to replace that universally to COULD. Think about if you replace the word Should with Could. Reduces Blame and Shame. Who is in charge of whether or not I should do something, ME. My choices, my free will.…
Freezer Meal Prep Plan: Taco Meat, Shepherds Pie, Spaghetti meat Sauce
Shopping List : Ground Beef Taco Seasoning Corn Potatoes Sour Cream Shredded Cheese 1 head of iceberg Taco Sauce: Flour Tortillas Butter Milk Flour Beef Bouillon Cubes Pasta Sauce (3 cans) Spaghetti/Pasta 3 boxes stayed tuned to see how much I purchase, cost and more
Digging out
As snow storms bring piles of snow and I find myself, needing to shovel myself out, I think of depression. Whether genetic or situation most find ourself on a cycle of depression of some level and have to dig our selves out. It’s a cycle, and we will rise again. We do our best with…
🍅 Roma Tomatoes: My Vermont Canning Dream
First quarter moon 🍅Mid-August canning? Challenge accepted! I’m growing Roma tomatoes in Vermont to make it happen. Here’s my simple plan:Goal:April 6th: Seeds IndoorsMay 4th: Hardening OffMay 18th: Outdoor PlantingMid-August: Canning Time!Why Roma?Perfect sauce tomatoes!Timeline:April 6th: Seed Start!May 4th: Hardening Begins.May 18th: Garden Planting.Mid-August: Canning Day!Budget Tips:Recycled PotsHomemade CompostSeed SwapsMarch Me: YES! September, we’ll see!Stay…
Meal Prep March!
Tacos, sheperds pie and spaghetti 🍝 oh my! Grocery Scavenger Hunt! 🎉Mission: Conquer the grocery store and assemble the Freezer Meal Fiesta arsenal!Your Gear (aka Shopping List):Meat Mayhem! 🥩☐ 12 lbs of Ground Beef: Operation “Beef Mountain”! (Imagine building a tiny beef mountain in your cart. It’s a visual!)Bonus Challenge: Find the leanest ground beef!…
Mom needs energy
Sweet potato Avacado Skyr Cottage cheese Sardines Avacado Spinach Apple Bananas Pistachios These are the ingredients I am incorporating into my daily eating routines. Day 4 Full moon!
We all have the same 24 hours
Grocery Shopping Laundry Dishes Home maintenance Property Maintenance Rest Meal prep
Perspective of Optimism
As I was driving home 1 1/2 hours from a sporting event, I came to a realization. I am able to have a different perspective of my surroundings. Two parents households, one can sleep while the other drives. While I don’t get that luxury, I do get to see the sights of vermont in the…
Lifelong learning
I never did obtain a post secondary degree My goal is to complete the preparation course by March 3, 2025, and then tackle the three-hour exam I’ve been thinking a lot about my journey towards becoming a Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD). It’s been quite a ride, with plenty of ups and downs. This…
Mom needs lunch
$1.49. Cheeseburger, fries, and apple slices. Use those fast food apps!
Food Costs
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