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Five Meals for $5

Budget Wise, In the KitchenBy CharleneMarch 26, 2019Leave a comment

Have you ever had one of those weeks? The week where everything seems to go wrong and you find your finances, time and patience put to the test? Maybe you’re having a busy week shuttling kids to activities two or three times a day, lots of home and garden chores plus a rush of other…

Eliminate Debt

Budget Wise, February Goals, GoalsBy CharleneFebruary 1, 2018Leave a comment

It’s not your imagination It really is getting harder to make ends meet. While the average income has gone up 28% over the last 13 yrs, the cost of living has increased almost 31%. But it’s even worse than that: during that same period, the cost of medical care care has gone up 57% and…

Thrifty Sewing Projects

Budget Wise, Reduce Reuse RecycleBy CharleneSeptember 28, 2017Leave a comment

I recently found a couple good deals at the thrift store and used them in a couple of quick and easy projects. I wanted to share what I did with you. Hopefully, it will inspire you to find some thrifty sewing projects of your own. From sundress to skirt My first project started life as…

Update Financial and Health Records

Budget Wise, GoalsBy CharleneSeptember 15, 2017Leave a comment

A year ago my husband’s family began the complicated and emotionally fraught task of finding appropriate care for their terminally ill father. After his death, they were faced with a host of decisions of how to arrange finances to ensure the best care for his mother. Fortunately, many of these decisions were made easier because…

Raised Beds on a Budget

Budget Wise, Gardening, Gardening Basics, Reduce Reuse RecycleBy CharleneAugust 19, 2017Leave a comment

I’m in the process of converting my 40′ x 40′ garden into raised beds. The cost of materials to construct the beds and the soil mix make raised beds a bit expensive. So here are the details of how I am keeping the costs down on my raised beds. Keeping the costs down I used…

2017 Garden Projects

Budget Wise, Gardening, Gardening Basics, Reduce Reuse RecycleBy CharleneJuly 10, 20171 Comment

When my youngest son goes off to college next year, I will lose a great help in the garden. So for the last two years he and I have been working on several gardening projects to make gardening less labor intensive for me. This spring we’ve already completed two big projects: new raised bed and…

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