by Jamie Jeffers | Oct 23, 2017 | Recipe
Do you want an apple cinnamon french toast casserole that isn’t too eggy and won’t make you wait until tomorrow? This recipe perfectly starts your day!
There’s nothing like the scent of apples baking to take you back to Grandma’s house.
In fact, this simple apple cinnamon french toast casserole smells so good, you can’t resist taking just a little taste fresh out of the oven.
Because when you combine fresh apples with the taste of a delicious cinnamon raisin bread, the flavors are irresistible.
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by Jamie Jeffers | Oct 20, 2017 | Ways We Saved This Week
There’s nothing like a little late night (well, late for a second grader) time spent looking up a rhyme for the word “aren’t”. Helpful hint: there are no words that rhyme with aren’t. Luckily, I have a feeling the teacher will be pretty lenient about this.
The further I get in life, the more I realize that you don’t have to be perfect all the time. In fact, more often than not it sets you up for failure.
So sometimes, you fudge it just a little. Maybe you run out of money earlier in the pay period than you should have and you have to get extra creative about your spending until the next pay day. It happens.
Or maybe you have to rhyme “aren’t” with “weren’t”.
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by Jamie Jeffers | Oct 13, 2017 | Ways We Saved This Week
I am one lucky duck. Early last week my nephew was born. And late in the week, one of my bestest friends had a son, too. How often do you get to cuddle a brand new baby at either end of a stressed out week?? It was wonderful, and I absolutely love those little bundles of joy.
In between cuddles, we’ve been cleaning and mending in preparation for cold weather. There’s no sign of cold in southern Ohio right now (how about you?), but we all know it’s coming! Better to be the ant than the grasshopper.
Grab a free checklist to help you get ready for the winter!
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by Jamie Jeffers | Oct 6, 2017 | Ways We Saved This Week
After riding the struggle bus for a good couple of months, we finally had some good news this week. We’ve paid off credit card number 2!!! Only imaginary balloons fell from the sky, but it was good enough for me!
What a relief to no longer have to divide our attention. From here on out, all extra money will be devoted to one cause only: the last credit card. This one is a medium sized guy… actually half the size of the first one we tackled. So we’re hoping it falls fast! We’re projected to be debt free in March. Keep pushing us! We love your cheers and encouragement. <3
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by Jamie Jeffers | Sep 29, 2017 | Ways We Saved This Week
I call myself a stay at home mom, but between volunteering at school, keeping up with our family’s schedule, and running a blog, “stay at home” has a pretty loose definition. Like always, when things get busy you can expect even more things to go wrong. Busy begets busy.
So I’m making it a point to take at least one walk per day and literally blowing off steam whenever I can. This article has some good ideas that I intend to try today! (Good thing I have bananas on hand!)
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by Jamie Jeffers | Sep 25, 2017 | Recipe
With the right recipes for make ahead cold lunches, you’ll save a ton of cash without using up too much of your time. These recipes are perfect!
The kids are on their way out the door when you remember, again, that you didn’t get their lunches packed.
You make a mental note to check their school accounts to make sure they have enough money to buy instead.
(That’s more money down the drain.)
As you hustle through your day, you suddenly realize that it’s 1:30 and you haven’t had one break to eat anything.
So, yet again, you find yourself hitting the drive thru or cafeteria.
(It’s a little embarrassing that the guy at the counter knows you as the one who always gets a number 2 with a sweet tea, hold the tomato. But…uh, at least you’re making friends??)
The problem is that getting lunch together every day is hard!
You have to find the time to pack something.
Then you have to remember to have food on hand.
And frankly, you’re all tired of the sandwich routine.
Wouldn’t it be nice if you had lunch ready to go?
Well, maybe the right list of make ahead cold lunches would do the trick.
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