Confession: I love spaghetti o’s. The kinda cheese-y but definitely tomato-y sauce with all the fun little noodle o’s that would nestle into each other… I used to pick out all the tiny o’s and eat those first. Unless there were meatballs. Meatballs trumped all the noodles.
Archives for July 2015
Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck: Vacations
This is Part 5 of our Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck series. You can find all of the previous posts in this series HERE. Written by Mr. Crumbs Upon reading the title of this post, you’re probably saying to yourself “isn’t vacation… entertainment?” As in, you just wrote a post on trimming entertainment expenses, now you’reClick to Continue »
How I Taught My Kids to Make Their Own School Lunch
Back when I read the Healthy Lunchbox by Katie Kimball, I was intrigued when she mentioned that her kids were responsible for emptying their lunchboxes every day. My kids were still homeschooling at that point, but we made the switch to public school a couple months later. Mornings found me scrambling for clean lunchbox containers. NotClick to Continue »
Five School Lunches in Less Than an Hour (free printable)
School lunches. Dun dun dun… They’re a plague on parents far and wide. Deciding what to pack, finding the time to pack, fighting the kids on what you just packed and potentially losing your pretty reusable containers to the school trash can. The whole thing is battle I’d rather not fight, but the kids haveClick to Continue »
Einkorn English Muffins
Nooks and crannies guys. Nooks.And.Crannies. You know you love them. You know you love them more when they’re filled with butter and jam. Or just butter. Because really, when you have a great einkorn English muffin, jam just complicates things. Let’s keep it simple for now.
13 Ways to Use Food Scraps
Ever wondered what to do with those beet tops? How about ways to use fruit and veggie peels? Do you feel like you are wasting half of your food? The more I learn about the way today’s food is grown and how the chemicals are affecting us, the more I’m determined to buy organic asClick to Continue »
DIY Homemade Bubbles
One the cutest things my little toddler does is bring me his shoes. It never fails that he brings me one left foot and one right foot, but they are always mismatched shoes! Then he brings me my shoes. And then he goes and bangs on the door begging to go outside! This ritual happensClick to Continue »
Republic Wireless: Switching Wireless Carriers After 15 Years
This summer marked a big event for me. For the first time in 15 years, I looked for a new cell-phone carrier: Republic Wireless. You see – I’d been with the same cell phone carrier since college – Verizon – and frankly, I hadn’t run into any issues. That is, until a couple of monthsClick to Continue »