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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
POTATOES!
Monday, January 31, 2011
lower your grocery bill _ day one...
Ok so let's get started on this challenge! I guess I have failed to mention that I will only be posting tips on weekdays. Sorry if you have been waiting! The first way to save money is.... you guessed it... try eating meat only 3 or 4 days a week! I know to some of you, this may seem impossible or you may just not like the idea at all but not only would you be cutting costs, its actually better for your body if you center your meals around fruits and vegetables and not meat. Beans are also a good and cheap substitute.
Some meatless dinner ideas are:
Breakfast foods. (eggs, pancakes, waffle, etc,)
Create your own salad bar
Meatless chili
Rice and bean bowls
Have fun and be creative. Remember, the goal is to cut costs without cutting nutrition.
Leave a comment with your favorite meatless dinner.
Some meatless dinner ideas are:
Breakfast foods. (eggs, pancakes, waffle, etc,)
Create your own salad bar
Meatless chili
Rice and bean bowls
Have fun and be creative. Remember, the goal is to cut costs without cutting nutrition.
Leave a comment with your favorite meatless dinner.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
challenge number 2
I am so excited you have decided to take these challenges with me! How did you do with the first challenge? What did you give up? Zach and I are doing pretty well without having internet at our house. It has gotten difficult a couple times especially these past couple days with the snow and both of us being sick but we made it through!
Are you ready for the second challenge? I am going to cut our grocery bill in half this month! Starting tomorrow (saturday) I will be providing a daily tip of a way to cut costs on your grocery bill. I invite you to take this challenge with me for just one month! Live cheap for one month and put aside the money you save for something special. Zach and I have dreams of adding an addition to our house this spring. Whatever money I save through these challenges will go into savings for our addition. What are you saving for?
Are you ready for the second challenge? I am going to cut our grocery bill in half this month! Starting tomorrow (saturday) I will be providing a daily tip of a way to cut costs on your grocery bill. I invite you to take this challenge with me for just one month! Live cheap for one month and put aside the money you save for something special. Zach and I have dreams of adding an addition to our house this spring. Whatever money I save through these challenges will go into savings for our addition. What are you saving for?
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
No Internet?!?
I apologize for taking so long to get this first money saving tip to you! I was so excited to begin this adventure with you until Zach and I decided to cancel our internet service.
Since we got married, we have been able to score internet for twenty dollars a month. The price increased to fourty dollars once and I was able to call and have them give us another twenty dollar deal. This lasted almost a year and lo and behold the price went back to fourty dollars. Now, I am not saying 40 dollars is not a good price, I just know it is possible to get it cheaper if you talk to the right person. :) well... I got the wrong person... so I cancelled.... thinking they would call back and offer a cheaper price..... and they didn't!
So here's to our first challenge. Zach and I are going to see how long we can live without having internet at our house. We will find other ways and places to use the internet for our needs. It's been a week so far and we are doing pretty well. I am inviting you to take this challenge with me. I am not saying that you have to cancel your internet but I do want you to cancel or stop doing something that you don't NEED in order to save some money! Do you really need cable? Wouldnt it save money if you stop eating out as often? what about all of those magazine subscriptions? I challenge you to cut something out of your life that is not only wasting your money, but might even he cutting into the time that you could be spending in prayer and the Bible. Take this challenge with me! Just think, if we can survive without the internet, we will save $480 per year. How much money can you save? Leave me a comment with what you will do without and for how long. I will start. I am pledging to go without internet for two months. By doing this, I will save 80 dollars.
Since we got married, we have been able to score internet for twenty dollars a month. The price increased to fourty dollars once and I was able to call and have them give us another twenty dollar deal. This lasted almost a year and lo and behold the price went back to fourty dollars. Now, I am not saying 40 dollars is not a good price, I just know it is possible to get it cheaper if you talk to the right person. :) well... I got the wrong person... so I cancelled.... thinking they would call back and offer a cheaper price..... and they didn't!
So here's to our first challenge. Zach and I are going to see how long we can live without having internet at our house. We will find other ways and places to use the internet for our needs. It's been a week so far and we are doing pretty well. I am inviting you to take this challenge with me. I am not saying that you have to cancel your internet but I do want you to cancel or stop doing something that you don't NEED in order to save some money! Do you really need cable? Wouldnt it save money if you stop eating out as often? what about all of those magazine subscriptions? I challenge you to cut something out of your life that is not only wasting your money, but might even he cutting into the time that you could be spending in prayer and the Bible. Take this challenge with me! Just think, if we can survive without the internet, we will save $480 per year. How much money can you save? Leave me a comment with what you will do without and for how long. I will start. I am pledging to go without internet for two months. By doing this, I will save 80 dollars.
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Monday, January 17, 2011
No Internet?!?
I apologize for taking so long to get this first money saving tip to you! I was so excited to begin this adventure with you until Zach and I decided to cancel our internet service.
Since we got married, we have been able to score internet for twenty dollars a month. The price increased to fourty dollars once and I was able to call and have them give us another twenty dollar deal. This lasted almost a year and lo and behold the price went back to fourty dollars. Now, I am not saying 40 dollars is not a good price, I just know it is possible to get it cheaper if you talk to the right person. :) well... I got the wrong person... so I cancelled.... thinking they would call back and offer a cheaper price..... and they didn't!
So here's to our first challenge. Zach and I are going to see how long we can live without having internet at our house. We will find other ways and places to use the internet for our needs. It's been a week so far and we are doing pretty well. I am inviting you to take this challenge with me. I am not saying that you have to cancel your internet but I do want you to cancel or stop doing something that you don't NEED in order to save some money! Do you really need cable? Wouldnt it save money if you stop eating out as often? What about all of those magazine subscriptions? I challenge you to cut something out of your life that is not only wasting your money, but might even be cutting into the time that you could be spending in prayer reading your Bible. Take this challenge with me! Just think, if we can survive without the internet, we will save $480 per year. How much money can you save? Leave me a comment with what you will do without and for how long. I will start. I am pledging to go without internet for two months. By doing this, I will save 80 dollars.
Since we got married, we have been able to score internet for twenty dollars a month. The price increased to fourty dollars once and I was able to call and have them give us another twenty dollar deal. This lasted almost a year and lo and behold the price went back to fourty dollars. Now, I am not saying 40 dollars is not a good price, I just know it is possible to get it cheaper if you talk to the right person. :) well... I got the wrong person... so I cancelled.... thinking they would call back and offer a cheaper price..... and they didn't!
So here's to our first challenge. Zach and I are going to see how long we can live without having internet at our house. We will find other ways and places to use the internet for our needs. It's been a week so far and we are doing pretty well. I am inviting you to take this challenge with me. I am not saying that you have to cancel your internet but I do want you to cancel or stop doing something that you don't NEED in order to save some money! Do you really need cable? Wouldnt it save money if you stop eating out as often? What about all of those magazine subscriptions? I challenge you to cut something out of your life that is not only wasting your money, but might even be cutting into the time that you could be spending in prayer reading your Bible. Take this challenge with me! Just think, if we can survive without the internet, we will save $480 per year. How much money can you save? Leave me a comment with what you will do without and for how long. I will start. I am pledging to go without internet for two months. By doing this, I will save 80 dollars.
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Let the savings tips begin!
Zach and I have been married for two years now. Time sure does fly! I am about to begin my last semester at Towson University where I will obtain my bachelor's degree in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology. Some may say that when May comes, I will feel a huge relief that I am finally finished school, however, I am pursuing a doctorate degree in Audiology which I will begin promptly this fall and will spend the next four years in school/work until I will be an official Audiologist. Some day I may share my long and never ending story of how I came to the profession of audiology (or even what it is for that matter), but that is not the point of this blog.
I created this blog when Zach and I bought our first home to keep track of the many countless renovations and stories along the way to creating our "home." Well, the construction has slowed and now comes time to explain the point of this "new" blog. This past summer, Zach and I realized that we (along with most people in this country) were living beyond our means. Although I would like to say that we are truly blessed.... God is continuing to surprise us with his many, many blessings... we realized that it was time to really keep track of our income and expenses. So, I began finding ways to "live cheap" and it has become a little hobby of mine. I have a binder containing hundreds of coupons divided into sections that I take with me almost every time I leave the house (my sister's husband told me that my coupon obsession is weird.... but I save lots of money), I have an extremely difficult time purchasing an item that we didn't get some sort of discount or deal on (and if I do purchase it, I tend to come home and find a better deal online and then return the first thing to the store), I also have the ability to really "want" something and leave it sitting at the store without any regrets about not buying it (Zach's sister, Jessie quotes me every time we go shopping together... "If it's meant to be and I really need it, it will be here when I come back"), we eat meat about once a week because it costs more money, most of the furniture and appliances in our house were given to us or found on the side of the street with a "free" sign on it, we don't have cable or a home phone, we rarely go out to eat, and I have learned to LOVE goodwill! I have created this blog, not to tell you how clever I am at saving money, but to give you some simple ideas to follow in order to easily cut costs and to also challenge you to live within your means.
God gives us everything we need. It's our job to use it the right way to glorify him.
I created this blog when Zach and I bought our first home to keep track of the many countless renovations and stories along the way to creating our "home." Well, the construction has slowed and now comes time to explain the point of this "new" blog. This past summer, Zach and I realized that we (along with most people in this country) were living beyond our means. Although I would like to say that we are truly blessed.... God is continuing to surprise us with his many, many blessings... we realized that it was time to really keep track of our income and expenses. So, I began finding ways to "live cheap" and it has become a little hobby of mine. I have a binder containing hundreds of coupons divided into sections that I take with me almost every time I leave the house (my sister's husband told me that my coupon obsession is weird.... but I save lots of money), I have an extremely difficult time purchasing an item that we didn't get some sort of discount or deal on (and if I do purchase it, I tend to come home and find a better deal online and then return the first thing to the store), I also have the ability to really "want" something and leave it sitting at the store without any regrets about not buying it (Zach's sister, Jessie quotes me every time we go shopping together... "If it's meant to be and I really need it, it will be here when I come back"), we eat meat about once a week because it costs more money, most of the furniture and appliances in our house were given to us or found on the side of the street with a "free" sign on it, we don't have cable or a home phone, we rarely go out to eat, and I have learned to LOVE goodwill! I have created this blog, not to tell you how clever I am at saving money, but to give you some simple ideas to follow in order to easily cut costs and to also challenge you to live within your means.
God gives us everything we need. It's our job to use it the right way to glorify him.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Murder Mystery
The plants inside my house are all dead, the grass in the front yard makes our house house look as if it has been condemned, but the backyard is alive with activity! I found the real makings of a murder mystery. I can see the wheels in your head turning now...what could it be?!?!?!?!
I found the evidence Friday afternoon. It was a day like any other. I found some great deals at a yard sale near Towson University.... the best part of it was the guy was a Christian and made me sing "This Little Light of Mine" for giving me such a good deal on the purchases.
I came home and put my yard sales buys right to use.
I then went out to water my thriving garden and discovered a piece of "Something". What it was, you may ask? Only real detective could tell you that. I figured it to be some sort of wild varmint... perhaps a raccoon or ferritt escaped from the zoo.
The next clue was lurking in the garden...well not quite lurking more like digging. You see, I found a giant hole in my garden where my lettuce once resided. So to the suspect list was added rabbits and ground hogs. Zach's first suspicion was ground hogs, since he has named them his mortal enemy since the age of 10. He is on a mission to decimate all before his life is through.
The next piece of evidence was not far away. It was hidden beneath some dirt, just barely visible. A Cadbury egg, but just the wrapper. So now the suspect list expanded to include the Cadbury Bunny and the baby chicks that thrive for attention during the Easter holiday season.
As I walked back across my backyard, I discovered another piece of fur. This was a much bigger piece, more like a tail!
As I continued my yard work, more clues were unearthed. I entered the front yard to mow. In a purple sweater and a pearl necklace, the case continued... law mower in hand.
Underneath the jungle of overgrown grass was found a pink t-shirt.
NOT MINE (in case you were wondering.) How does this fit into the murder mystery.... that is what I am counting on you for! From the evidence left behind, I have concurred that quite a struggle must have gone down in our backyard. Some fur left behind and a t-shirt suspiciously appearing. Hmmmmm......
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