In the month of February I am going to Experiment with my budget and try to cut out costs and try to be more efficient with my time. I need Ideas from you on ways of being more money and self efficient and time wise. This will be a fun way to see how good I can do and what we all can learn from this. We'll see. Things I am going to try to do are:
Use cloth diapers the entire month, except for at nights
Use my food storage and have a well planned out meal plan
Take less trips to the store and try and get it all in one big sha-bang
spend more time teaching my kids skills and schooling fun
focus on praying and reading and studying my scriptures daily
and so on. Please share some efficient ideas with me. I'll take as many as I can. I am sure we can all learn a little from this and become more aware and careful on where and what we are doing with our money and time! I am almost worried if I am going to stick to these things or not.
It is true, the less you have, the more creative you get. I hope to hear from you guys.
Thanks!
5 comments:
I don't know where you live, but if you have a library nearby, use it! It's free, it's informational, and it's fun. I get books for myself, books and movies for my kids, and they have children's reading and activity time 2 days a week. Super efficient--free, learning and activities.
Hi Camille!
You are a brave woman to do cloth diapers - wow! That deserved backrubs every poopy diaper :) I have a few sites that I use and have taught me some $ saving skills. It has become a hobby for me. Call if you have ?'s
pinchingyourpennies.com (couponing/great deals around town/online shopping)
everydayfoodstorage.net
(I just discovered this one - it's great! She has tutorials and recipes about everyday food using our food storage)
amber-unnecessarynecessities.
blogspot.com
(she has great organization tips/inexpensive ideas for crafts/home decor) This is my favorite right now.
Stockupfood.com
(Here is my newest find. It's free to sign up and very easy to use. I didn't need Ry's help! I plugged in all my food storage items and put my goal in it. We were surprised with how much we actually had.)
I am also getting into more gardening. I just finished planting my 3rd garden box. I am using the system:
squarefootgardening.com
It's the system that the church service missionaries use to teach different countries. We are limited on space and it works for us. Plus we can garden year round...
Good Luck, I'm excited to hear what works for you guys and to learn some new tips!
sorry - long
Here's another great one from Boise, Tiffani's friend.
krazycouponlady.blogspot.com
Hey I don't know if you already visit Marne's blog, but it is helpful. It may help you! Check it out. wantitall4free.blogspot.com/. Good luck!
I am loving all of these site and ideas from all of you. I have so much info now that it is going to take many months to get it all figured out. Thank you so much for the ideas. I'll always take more!
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