May officially flew by! We had a birthday in our house, a sickness and a teething 15 month old. All of those things together made it go by SO fast!! I know all parents say this, but time just needs to slow down! It feels like as my girls are getting bigger it just keeps going faster and faster! I told my husband a few nights ago before bed that I wish we could just freeze time for a little while. I just love the stages our girls are in, and ... Read the Post...
A Month of Family Groceries for Under $312
For the month of May, we spent $311.80 on groceries! That's $38.20 under budget! Woohoo! You can check out each of the individual grocery hauls below. May 1-10 May 11-20 May 21-31 I'm only able to spend as little as we do on groceries by meal planning. Check out how I do that and save SO much money here! ... Read the Post...
An Affordable Grocery Haul | Cycle 22
We have a small raised bed garden this summer and it's full of spinach and lettuce! Every afternoon I have a big salad with greens from the garden my (then 2) year old helped me plant! I'm a far cry from a self-sustainable homesteader, but it's pretty cool! Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. It’s all here for our family of 4. By meal planning and using up all of the food in our kitchen (not letting anything go to waste!) I save a TON ... Read the Post...
An Affordable Family Meal Plan | May 21-31
About this time last year, my husband and I did a round of Whole30. I was about 4 months postpartum at the time, and it was a wonderful (and absolutely terrible) thing. I'm wondering if it would be a good time to do something like that again, but I'm not looking forward to the prospect of the sugar withdrawals. Few a few days after starting Whole30 we both felt like we had been hit by a truck. Some of that may have been because we had a 4 ... Read the Post...