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I wrote last week about how to save $20 a week off your grocery bill. One of the tips was to make a menu plan, so I wanted to share this week some tips of making a menu plan that you'll be able to stick to.1. Keep it simple. To cook does not mean gourmet meals. You need to plan a menu based on your cooking skills. Pour over cookbooks and find things that interest you. If you're a beginner cook, try one meal this week that's...

I have a series coming up with my kitchen make-over. But, until I'm ready to show it off completely, I was spending time today looking at one my favorite websites - Pottery Barn - and trying to see if I can find a style that I like for my kitchen accessories. Here's what I found, it's call the Cucina Collection!Soap and Lotion CaddySpice...

After I started thinking about writing this post, I pulled out all of the books I'm reading in actual print, looked at what I was reading on my Kindle and through Audible.com and could not believe that I can even keep this many books straight with my mom brain! There are some books in this list that I have to be in a certain mood in order...

I've never claimed to be a great cake decorator - but I do have a few highlights! Here they are....Southwest Cake for a Fiesta a few years agoPizza Cake on April Fools DayHarley cake for a friends birthdayTransformers cake for my oldest sons birthdayI had a few more saved on my computer (I thought) that I was proud of, but couldn't find...

What would you do with an extra $80 a month? If you could save $80 each month through the year, that would equal up to $960!For us, that's just under what we spend each year on Christmas gifts! It's easy to save $80 a month, just by cutting out $20 in spending each week on your grocery bill. A good friend of mine, Donna, her family was spending over $600 a month on groceries for their family of four. I showed her...

I love this craft for a couple of reasons...It helps with writing skills and vocabularyIt shows my kids that there are other ways to comminuate with our friends and family other then text, email or phoneIt's recyclingIt's a fun family activitiy that doesn't last too longIt's cheap - we used boxes we already hadI found this great idea at...