Good Early Morning,
Well today is the last day of 2010 and I have already been up since 5 am with a certain little 3 year old of mine, who really thinks it is his job to wake the sun. :)
Well as many of you know I have a new goal for 2011. To be able to save as much money as possible to get debt paid off for us. I am tired of wasting my and my husbands money and this isn't the way we want our children to learn to handle money. So I bought a new printer last night so that I can find coupons online. I watched a TV program the other night called "Extreme Couponing" on TLC. It was a real eye opening experience to say the least. I am no way going to be able to get into the league that they people are in but I definitely want to make it so I spend less on my groceries and have more money for other things.
So to start off this journey I want tell people about a sale that is starting today at Lebanon Village Market (LVM). They are having a stock up sale on cereal, ground turkey, potatoes all at great low prices. There are several coupons out online for Cheerios that can bring the price down to about $1.50 per box maybe less. We are going to make a trip up there today and take advantage of it!
Well I hope this helps some of you out. I will also be sharing our experiences over this next year that I am hoping will help everyone out.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Great Changes coming in 2011
Good Evening Everyone,
Well here in New Hampshire we are hiding under a large blanket of white cold snow. It started snowing last night and I think that it has finally stopped. Now the winds are kicking up and causing lots of snow drifts.
Here we are sitting at the cusp of 2011 and for my world there are lots of changes going on in the horizon. We have a very ambitious goal of becoming very self sufficient. So I am planning on adding to our chicken flock in two different ways. We are going to add more laying hens. We currently have 11 after losing on already this winter. So I am thinking of adding between 7-13 more layers in the spring. We are also going to start raising some meat chickens. These only take about 8-12 weeks to raise and then will fit nicely into our freezer.
I have already started to plan out my garden for next year. We have always planted directly into the soil. Unfortunately the soil here in NH isn't always the best so we are forced to add to it. I am not interested in adding alot of chemicals into the dirt. This half the reason why I have a garden is to avoid the extra chemicals. So this year I am doing raised beds and the only additives I plan on using is manure and compost.
I am considering doing a small CSA type program for any of my followers or friends that are interested in having fresh veggies, eggs and possibly meat birds but do not have the time or place to do this. If you are interested feel free to contact me for more information.
Well here in New Hampshire we are hiding under a large blanket of white cold snow. It started snowing last night and I think that it has finally stopped. Now the winds are kicking up and causing lots of snow drifts.
Here we are sitting at the cusp of 2011 and for my world there are lots of changes going on in the horizon. We have a very ambitious goal of becoming very self sufficient. So I am planning on adding to our chicken flock in two different ways. We are going to add more laying hens. We currently have 11 after losing on already this winter. So I am thinking of adding between 7-13 more layers in the spring. We are also going to start raising some meat chickens. These only take about 8-12 weeks to raise and then will fit nicely into our freezer.
I have already started to plan out my garden for next year. We have always planted directly into the soil. Unfortunately the soil here in NH isn't always the best so we are forced to add to it. I am not interested in adding alot of chemicals into the dirt. This half the reason why I have a garden is to avoid the extra chemicals. So this year I am doing raised beds and the only additives I plan on using is manure and compost.
I am considering doing a small CSA type program for any of my followers or friends that are interested in having fresh veggies, eggs and possibly meat birds but do not have the time or place to do this. If you are interested feel free to contact me for more information.
Monday, December 13, 2010
How to Make Homemade Bath Bombs
How to Make Homemade Bath Bombs
This mom has perfected how to make homemade bath bombs or fizzies. You have got to check them out. I simply can not wait to try this one!
This mom has perfected how to make homemade bath bombs or fizzies. You have got to check them out. I simply can not wait to try this one!
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