After three months of eating from our pantry, freezer, and long-term food storage, our Quarantine Food Storage Challenge is coming to an end. Today I’m sharing some of what we learned. Hopefully something will be helpful to you as you plan to be more prepared with your own food. First we’ll cover the three reasons […]
Real Family Budget Update– May 2020
We’ve been talking food storage a lot lately around here, but today we’re back to more normal programming with our monthly budget update for May. If you’re new here, every month for more than six years we have shared our family’s real budget numbers. I share what we actually earned, what we spent in each […]
Quarantine Food Storage Challenge– Update 8 (What the Kids Think)
It’s time for another look into how our family is handling eating from our food storage during the coronavirus quarantine. It’s been over two months since any of us have gone to a grocery store. Our last monthly grocery haul was March 9th. In addition to staying safe, one of the main reasons for this […]
Pantry Update– After Two Months of Quarantine Food Storage Challenge
It’s time for another update on our Quarantine Food Storage Challenge. Two months ago we decided that we would eat from our food storage during the pandemic both to avoid going to the grocery store and to see what it’s like living on our food storage. We’ve always been taught to have short- and long-term […]
Quarantine Food Storage Challenge- Update 6
After over two months in quarantine, we’re still going strong eating our food storage. The world is starting to open a little, but we’re pretty much planning on staying put, at least for now. Mike is working at home and the kids still have a couple of weeks of school at home. It’s really nice […]
Debt Smash-athon APRIL 2020 Progress Report
It’s kind of a weird time for debt payoff right now. Many people were caught off guard by the pandemic. Okay, pretty much everyone was caught off guard, but some were more prepared than others. Some people are in survival mode, just focusing on keeping afloat with the bare essentials. Some have had no change […]
Quarantine Food Storage Challenge- Update 5
It has officially been two months since our last monthly grocery haul. When I went shopping on March 7th it was before the pandemic panic buying and any talk of quarantine at home. It was just a normal monthly grocery haul where I stocked up on the staples that we were running low on. You […]
Real Family Budget Update– April 2020
Who else spent $0 on fuel in April? It was definitely a month unlike any other! I can’t think of any time we have not spent anything on gas! We didn’t spend from most of our sinking funds either. But we added a new sinking fund. Since we are not going to the grocery store and […]
Quarantine Food Storage- FAQ and Update 4
I’m back with another update on our Quarantine Food Storage Challenge. Today I’m also answering lots of your questions about our experience with this food storage challenge. We’ve been staying home for 7 weeks now. Our last monthly grocery haul was on March 9th, so almost 8 weeks ago. On March 25th we decided to […]
The Best Whole Wheat Sourdough Waffles
You are in luck today friends! I’m sharing with you a taste of family history. This is a fantastic sourdough waffle recipe from Mike’s Grandma Maxine. It has been a tradition for generations. Our generation loves them and our kids do too! First of all, don’t be intimidated by the “sourdough” part. Some people think […]
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