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What happened to no-spend September?
This week, I have a confession. Remember when I was all enthusiastic about starting no-spend September this year? Mm, well, life happened. I definitely didn’t no-spend. I spent less. But not nothing. And I barely tackled my pantry and freezer inventories. I’d like to say life just happened. Which it sort of did. But also,…
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Real Life Happenings: Homeschool September 2023
Ever have dreams and goals and ideas for the life you want but then real life gets in the way and it’s hard to make all the goals happen? No? Is it just me? This week, I’m reflecting back on September 2023 and the way real life happened as we prepared to start our homeschool…
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Goodbye Summer – 2023
This week – today, specifically – marks the first day of fall. I’ve felt the end of summer coming for several weeks. I no longer immediately see the sun rise when I wake at quarter to 5 in the morning. We’ve had to wait until nearly 6 a.m. to start our morning hikes, and even…
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Meal Prep Sundays
This week, I realized that I have been meal prepping for my husband, JM, for 6 years. That’s mind blowing to me. It used to take me all day. I’m talking from the time I got out of bed until dinner time – all day. Even if I shopped on a separate day, it would…
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Friends Push Each Other
Sarah and I have known each other for a long time. We haven’t always been friends but having kids seems to bring people together. I’m so thankful for Sarah. I have lots of dreams that I talk about flippantly because putting them in to motion takes work. Anything I mention around Sarah gets scheduled into…
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No-Spend September 2023: Week 1
This week, I got crafty to make my overly optimistic $50 grocery budget work. I was planning to do BJ’s pick-up and keep to a simplified shopping list, but then I noticed a $10 off $60 coupon in my Target Circle app. I opted to take advantage of this offer and the remaining merchandise credit…
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Black Bean Breakfast Cookies?
This week, I was feeling brave and decided to attempt to create a new recipe. I had been thinking about ways to make a breakfast cookie that provides a more balanced start to the day. Many breakfast cookies I have tried in the past use oats, banana, and nut butters as the base. There are…
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No-Spend September 2023
This week, I am meal planning for September! Similar to last year, I am preparing in these final weeks of August for a no-spend September challenge. I detailed four weeks of groceries and meals in a series last September; here’s my week one post if you want to look back at September 2022. I wanted…
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Another Simple Fix
This week, I wanted to share another simple fix that has had a big impact in our lives My garage has been driving me nuts. No matter what I have tried, it always seems like shoes and helmets and other miscellaneous kid things are littering the main pathway through the garage and into our kitchen.…
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Christmas in July
This week, I wanted to share a little about our Christmas in July celebration – belated though this post may be. Joy, Robyn and I have made an annual tradition over the last three or four years of celebrating Christmas in July with our children. The first year, we exchanged gifts – school supplies and…