Piecing together ways to save money, protect the environment, and keep kosher.
I am a bit behind this year with blogging and Purim preparations with juggling my family, teaching, freelance writing, and household tasks. I am sure many of you can relate. Some years I start early and don't have to wait until the last minute to do everything. At least I still have a week to... Continue Reading →
(updated 3/5/17) My husband has found a new way to save us more money and time. He has been using our freezer to make our cooking very efficient and allow us to have meals we couldn't afford otherwise (like boneless breast recipes). Let’s start with chicken. When we get chicken for Shabbos, we do not... Continue Reading →
Many of your children have probably started back to school already. Mine do not start until next Wednesday. However, with this being the first year my little boys have gone to camp, we have been making lunches for the past four weeks. (Or should I say my husband has.) It has gotten me to thinking... Continue Reading →
For weeks I had been trying to figure out what to do for my triplets’ 5th birthday party. I wanted to make it special for them and perhaps have it outside the house. We have always done their parties at home or at one of my best friends’ houses. However, after calling around and getting prices,... Continue Reading →
I have gotten a few requests for the actual recipes that I mentioned in my post earlier this week on "Don't buy it, make it homemade - Part 3." I thought I would share three seasoning recipes from my favorite saving money book series, "The Tightwad Gazette." These books are what started me on my journey to save... Continue Reading →
Several months ago I wrote about how we have tried over the years to make a few things from scratch versus buying premade (see my posts "Making your own challah" and “(More) Make your own”). Keeping kosher already encourages us to do this since sometimes there is not a store-bought version available or it is... Continue Reading →
We have many things in our kitchen that hardly get used, even though they seemed like such a good idea at the time. Getting cookies just right without burning seemed like a great reason to buy a cookie sheet stone, but I think we have used it maybe twice! The second crock pot was great... Continue Reading →
For the past many years I have organized my coupons in small vertical photo albums that hold three photos on each side (see my post “Organizing coupons” for details). This worked great because I could just slide my coupons in the slots and I could see six sections at once. I didn’t need to fold many (except... Continue Reading →
One of the biggest timesavers for me when my dad was in the hospital was to create a CarePages website for him. I was able to post updates on how he was doing and then send them to anyone who wanted information. It was much easier than making a million phone calls a day, especially... Continue Reading →
From the day we moved into our house, our older son's closet doors have not worked right. The doors hit each other in such a way that the handle/knob on one side was bent back. We could never get to the middle part of the closet directly because the doors overlapped. Then the doors came off track... Continue Reading →
Surviving on a tight budget 