I shared our February expected expenses and budget here at the beginning of February and now that life has slowed down a bit I want to share how that plan worked for us including where we saved and gulp overspent.
Tags: Budget, Groceries, Saving, Spending, Supplies
Money Saving Info | Tina Miller | 
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A few weeks ago, I shared how a 3-layer chocolate cake changed my view on life and “clutter”. I wasn’t sure that I should be so open and honest in a post about my home, family and shortcomings, but it was a hit with the people who needed it. Over 50% of those who read it, went on to share it and many contacted me to let me know just how much it struck a chord with them.
That is what I pray for when I create a blog post, not to go viral, but to inspire others to be uplifted or aided by my post. (Not that I would mind going viral.)
Today I want to share how I have been maintaining the house now that it has been “de-cluttered” and is much, much easier to maintain.
I call it “zoning” or “maintenance” rather than cleaning.
It just makes it sound so much easier and less stressful.
Don’t you think?
Tags: Decluttering, Focused cleaning, Home Maintenance, Housekeeping, Maintenace Plan
Cleaning, Decluttering | Tina Miller | February 17, 2016 12:01 am | Comments (0)
This week we share all the ways we saved and earned, including tools and links for items we used or substituted.
Tags: Amazon Prime, Budgeting, Checkout 51, Clever Container, Curly's, Earning On Line, Prairie Farms, Receipt Hog, Saving
Money Saving Info | Tina Miller | February 15, 2016 11:28 pm | Comments (5)
Tags: 60 Day Power Purge, CLutter, COmputer files, Decluttering, Desk Purge, Digital Decluttering, Digital purging
Controlling the Chaos | Tina Miller | February 12, 2016 10:27 am | Comments (0)
Tags: Budget, Couponing, Earning On Line, Kroger, menu, Saving, Store Deals, Surveys, Target
Money Saving Info | Tina Miller | February 11, 2016 12:12 pm | Comments (2)
If you read our recent shopping post you know that we only budgeted $400 in total for groceries in the month of February after we spent January “Just Making Do” from the pantry and freezers.
Tags: Bulk Shopping, Freezing Cooking, Meal Size Portions
Shopping Deals | Tina Miller | February 7, 2016 11:45 pm | Comments (2)
Money Saving Info, Shopping Deals | Tina Miller | 10:22 pm | Comments (1)
New month – New Project
Clearing and Controlling Digital Clutter
If you missed January and would like to begin with paper organization you can find those links here.
Are you excited to take control of your digital disaster? I know I am (Hubby has been after me forever about my desktop screen and various other digital “projects”.)
This week we will be working with the following schedule:
Tags: Digital Clutter, Digital Photos, Digital purge
Controlling the Chaos | Tina Miller | February 5, 2016 10:34 pm | Comments (0)
For starters, lets just put it out there.
I am an (undiagnosed) 42 year old mom with ADD, OCD and hoarding tendencies. A crazy combination, let me tell ya. I thrive on being involved in lots of stuff, and I am already planning new things before that “stuff” is even finished. Sound familiar? I am one of those people who could have a five bedroom house with three projects in progress in every room (and 100 more stacked in another). Of course, these projects would be spread ALL over the room and take days and days to finish because they would need to be perfect while the rest of my house fell apart and I had a nervous breakdown, over the mess and stress. I would still be planning my next project. I swear, my brain never shuts down.
I love to recycle and “buy” things because they are cheap or free. Yard sales, clearance, thrift stores, estate sales, these are my nemesis. I bring tons of things home for “future projects” that I end up just moving around and reorganizing 100x. Can I get an amen from anyone like me?
This past December I became very sick. More than my usual challenges. I could barely stand up, walk and breathe without severe pain or struggling for breath. Then a routine exam showed a mass in my right breast and we decided to have a precautionary biopsy.
Tags: Cooking, Decluttering, Family Moments, Kitchen, Life Lessons, Minimizing
Decluttering, Personal | Tina Miller | 12:11 am | Comments (7)
Many if you have asked specifically about our budget and I have made the decision to share it with you.
Please note: I will not be sharing our actual income and total expenses due to conflict and split family issues, but I will share our list of bills and how well we do controlling our gas, food and supplies costs since I can control those.
We are skipping January due to the fact it has already passed and I didn’t keep super great records but I do know we spent around on $200 on groceries and supplies for the ENTIRE month while we implemented the “Just Make Do January” challenge.
Tags: Budget, money saving, Spending
Money Saving Info, Personal | Tina Miller | February 1, 2016 10:31 pm | Comments (5)
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