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Simple Living Challenge Day 7: Controlling Toys
Toy Organization One of the hardest things with having kids is that it is SO hard to get the toys under control. No matter how fast you clean there is always a big mess of them somewhere in your house while the kids are awake. I decided with this move that I was going to…
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Converting Recipes For Dried Food
This week on Food Storage Friday I want to talk about conversions. To be able to use your storage for somethings you have to use it in recipes that aren’t written for food storage. So I wanted to try to get 1 place where you have conversion charts. I may find what I can right…
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August Budget and How We Pay off Debt
Wow, it has been a while since I have done one of these. I am going to come clean and tell you that I hate doing them. Lots of people love to share this because they see what they have accomplished. I am not trying to be negative, but sometimes it reminds me of all…



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