Time for You

Fun and Frugal Class

Is your family on a budget? Maybe you want to save for a special trip or purchase. Learning frugal tips and tricks will help you save money in a heartbeat. This unique class blends the best frugal ideas online and offline. First, you will learn where to go and how to find [...]

Interested to see what you ate today and how well you did?

Check out www.fitday.com.  You can keep track of what you ate, exercise activity, etc. all for FREE!

Leave the pre-packaged foods in the store.

This is another “gotcha” in a grocery store.  A lasagna consisting of mostly noodles and tomato sauce costs several times more than making your own from scratch (and actually adding some real vegetables!)  Haul out those cookbooks that you have sitting on your shelf and start cooking.  Don’t make just one.  As long as you [...]

A Saturday all to me, and I’m doing laundry!

My family is off today to Grandma’s.  I am making homemade salsa, organizing my laundry room as I do laundry, making homemade soap and putting together a OAMC cookbook!
I ran out of stain remover so I decided to make some and I thought I would share this money saving recipe with you. 
Homemade Spray and Wash
2 T [...]

Do you have an office or home that needs some housecleaning?

Tidy Tightwads can help with both business and residential cleaning.  Contact www.info@tidytightwads.com for more information

No-Scrub Pans

To remove scorched on food from cookware try adding some baking soda and vinegar and putting it back onto a low heat burner for a few minutes to bake it off.

Homemade Relaxation

Apple-Oatmeal Scrub
2 T. rolled oats
1 1/2 tsp. cornmeal
1 T. honey
1/2 medium apple, cored, peeled and finely chopped
Use a fork to mix the oatmeal, cornmeal with the honey in a bowl to create a paste.  Combine paste with the apple in a food processor until well blended.  Spread the mixture on your face and scrub gently [...]

Time for you….

BE GOOD TO YOURSELF

Learn to make time for yourself daily.
Continue to learn new homemaking skills through friends, neighbors, classes and reading.  Share your specialities with others.
Seek to develop new interests in the home, such as bread making, Japanese cooking, upholstering or sewing!
Get yourself organized for the holiday and divide up the holiday tasks, making a [...]