I declare August as National Clean Out Your Freezer(s) Month.Why? The reasons are endless… School is starting soon for us and may have already started for you. Summer bounty is flowing in from the garden. There may still be meals in the freezer from last year’s freezer cooking binge. There may be meat from 2014 in the bottom of the freezer. There may be frozen vegetables and fruits from 2012. You may have a storage shortage in the freezer. You…
Climate change (aka global warming) is the new “hot” topic due to recent events. All these countries are “worried” about the planet and want changes to be made. They want the United States to fund all these changes without any real say about where the money goes. All the while, the two main offenders of climate change, China and India, have no plans to decrease emissions from their factories and will increase their emissions for at least the next 5-10…
Money is a necessary evil. We need it to pay bills, buy necessities, and put gas in the car. While we hear of people (and possibly know people) who might be able to live without money, it is nearly impossible to do so.
February is here! The month of love, the month of cabin fever, the month of boredom…Actually, we haven’t had much in the way of cabin fever. The month started out cold, but today we will be in the 60’s for temperatures! In February! I will take it!Just to have a thunderstorm and snowstorm at the end of the month…February you fickle….We are just patiently waiting for Spring to come by trying to get stuff done indoors. We are still working…
Were you ready for the holiday chaos to be over? I was. I love the holidays, but I do not like the craziness of the season. I have scaled back a lot in my celebrating, but the struggle to make the season simple is real. December was also Paige’s birthday. She turned 16! Yikes! Where has the time gone?!?! She also got one of these: Watch out world! We are buried in snow and ice right now. That is the reality…
What do you mean next Christmas? Christmas was, like, yesterday! I know, I know. However, now is the time to set your budget for next Christmas and to start saving money for it. You know how much you spent on gifts, food, entertainment, and all the little extras. If you don’t know, now is a good time to find the receipts and add them up. While you might be in shock over how much you spent, you need to take…