Bored Outta My Gourd

Today was one of those days when I felt frustrated and cranky. Two of my monkeys have fevers so we were pretty much house bound. And, the weather lately has gone between hazy, hot, humid and smoky (thanks to local wild fires) to full on severe thunder storms (boomer shoots, my son used to call [...]

Healthy Eats

Since we’ve established that cooking at home and making meals from scratch will save you money on groceries, here’s a site that will healthify your recipes. This is so cool, send in your recipe and the site will give you a healthy version with substitutions for making your favorite meals better for your bod. Or, [...]

Save Me Some Moola! Money Saving Tips

Ok, as promised, here are some tips and resources to help save money on groceries. Grocerysavingtips.com has some great advice, printable coupons and recipes for stretching your budget. I like that the site is categorized by grocery shopping aisles for easy reference and they offer a newsletter if you’d like to have monthly tips emailed [...]

Save Me from this Sweltering Heat & How Can I Save Some Money?!

I think the heat has gotten to me. It’s hot in this house and miserable outside. Even I’d-live-outdoors-if-you’d-let-me Aiden says it’s too hot to play outside, so you know it’s Africa hot. And, now I’ve got kids bouncing off the walls. I’m just feeling a little weary.
The birthday was a blast and Brynie now owns [...]