A Life At Home

I originally posted this in 2008, but thought that I would revisit this little gem since it is time for me to make more detergent. This is a...

Last time I posted I talked about our garden and how it really was worth the time involved. You can read about it here . Now i'd like t...

I have noticed that my trend of spending $60.00 has stayed for awhile now. I have no intentions of dropping my budget though. I will just c...

It is always so nice to have a great week. It seems like the last few weeks have been kind of slow for the deals here, but they finally made...

I have gotten asked quite a few questions since beginning my grocery budgeting series. I thought that it would be beneficial to others to sh...

I have to say that the most common question that people ask me, after they find out that I only spend $300 a month on groceries is, "D...

With the holiday weekend i'm a little late in getting this up, so please accept my apologies. Ok, now on to business. This week I will c...

This week is kid's choice week in the house! The children all pick out a meal that they want mom to cook. Now, my 3 yo son's first ...

Fruit and Vegetables I have been having multiple conversations with people lately about the rising costs of groceries. It seems as if some p...

You've put some thought into the value of budgeting and planning a menu, now what? It doesn't really help when you have a menu plann...

Well, this week I was able to come in a little under budget, but there is chicken breast on sale, so I will spend the rest I have on that. I...

Here we go again. I thought I would post another menu plan since it is so near and dear to my heart. If you're interested, I just wrote ...

If you missed part 1 of the series you can read it here , and you can read part 2 here . Now that everyone has sat down and set up a budget,...

Sorry i'm late in getting this up, but it was a nice day outside, and we roasted hot dogs and smores out on the fire pit this evening! ...

Here we go again. I thought I would post another menu plan for you guys who are wondering how we feed our family for so little. This time I ...

Last week I introduced you to some basic concepts that I follow to feed my family for just $300 a month. This week I will start showing you ...

Menu Planning is near and dear to my heart. It is essential that I plan what we will be eating if I am to stay on my budget. My goal is to ...

Since I have recently lowered my monthly grocery budget to just $300 a month, there has been alot of buzz. People want to know how in the wo...