Coupons and couponing have been given a bad wrap with the reality TV shows that show extreme coupon users. I know I’ve sat in awe of the people who use hundreds of coupons for their grocery order and somehow get their purchase to mere cents. Of course what they aren’t sharing in the TV show […]
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By now you should have a handle on your stockpile, meal plan and understand how to use a price book. Today we’ll cover shopping in season. When we talk about shopping in season it often relates to produce but that’s not the only thing that has a season. What other things can you think of
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How often has this scenario happened to you? You make a quick trip to your favorite grocery store. You buy two items from your list: a head of lettuce and a can of diced tomatoes. The store was out of sour cream, so you decide to swing by another store on the way home, a
Some days I just don’t know what to cook. Even if I’ve made a meal plan, I sometimes don’t feel like fixing it or I forgot to thaw the protein. So, my go to are pantry dinners. These are dinners that you can whip together with the ingredients you always have on hand. The ingredients
Continuing on the path to better domestic service by way of saving money we’re going to talk about cooking from scratch. Don’t get all panicky yet. I don’t meant to scratch cook everything – as no one has that much time anymore. But there are a few things that will definitely save you money if
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I know what I was thinking when I first heard that a stockpile could save me money. How could having more of somethings be cheaper? There’s just the two of us, why would I need 10 packs of toilet paper? But I learned pretty quickly that a stockpile is only as large as needed for
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Whether you’ve been preparing meals for your family for years, or you are just starting out in a place on your own, one of the best ways to save money and sanity in the kitchen is to plan your meals. Meal planning is an important skill for the organized budget-conscious domestic submissive because not only
We’re over half way through the month’s series on improving your domestic skills and I’m so proud of the progress you all have made! Today is all about you. I’d like you to share your progress with us. You can share images of your physical home management journal, screenshots of your digital one or even
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When you are learning a new cleaning routine, any and all helpful resources are the motivation that you may need. I’m going to talk about a great site and app that is available to give you that kick in the pants you need some days when those lovely cleaning lists just look like insanity contained
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You may have seen the two previous posts about some green and homemade cleaners on the guide. If not, here are links to the articles. Green Recipes for Home and Health How to Make Laundry Soap In this article I’m going to share even more recipes for making cleaners that are safer for the water
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Yesterday we made a master cleaning list and then decided on a plan of what chore lists you wanted to have for you own circumstances. Part of the deeper cleaning plans will include room by room cleaning. Each room you have things you do to bring it back to the cleanest level you prefer it.
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The core of any cleaning plan are the lists of tasks that you carry out to maintain your home. I used to make a new list each and every day of the tasks I wanted to get done that day but one morning I sat and just glanced at the previous days’ lists and realized
Yesterday you pulled together cleaning lists for each room on each day that you do cleaning. Now as the cleaning needs to be done, you may realize one thing. Clutter. Your house has piles of things, disorganized, under used and dusty. You may not know where to put some of the things you’ve collected or
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When does the car need a tune up again? Did we change the furnace filter recently? Have you descaled the coffee pot this month? How many times have you forgotten the routine maintenance tasks because you didn’t have them written down? I know I have. That was until I started adding reminders to my Google
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When I first starting making a concerted effort to organize my cleaning and home organization, the first place I encountered is still the place I turn to over and over again. I owe all that I’ve learned and the drive to push further to FlyLady! While I don’t use all of her steps any longer,
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I used to have piles of manuals for various gadgets. Often they’d disappear when I need them most (how do you change the battery in the thermostat?). I’d go through them and find items that I no longer own and the clutter was very annoying. So one day I decided I was going to find
If you and your Dominant like to host parties then a butler’s book might be a great tool to make entertaining more organized, and fulfilling. Can’t remember if John likes board games, or if Lisa has an allergy to tomatoes? Your own butler’s book can house that information for you so that you can be
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Today I’d like to share with you a tool that is very helpful for larger families of any type. If you have more than a couple kids or a poly family that needs to coordinate calendars then Cozi might be a great solution. What can you do with Cozi? With Cozi, you can organize your family’s
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Now that you have the basics of a Home Management Binder and you can put a physical binder together, some of you may want a digital version. Evernote is a great free program to make that happen and when I went paperless I used a great guide to get me on the right path. Now I could
Today we are going to start building the workhorse of an organized home. We’ll discuss the physical notebook today and tomorrow I’ll cover how to make a digital version using Evernote. If you missed yesterday’s post, head back and read about the Home Management Binder and why it’s an important tool to control and manage your home.
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