One Hundred Dollars a Month - Page 942 of 2143 - I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

My Goals for This Year – Week 5 of 52

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By Mavis Butterfield on January 30, 2015 · 12 Comments

1. Get Organized.

Instead of organizing this week, I decided to pull out the cupboards in my son’s bathroom and attempt to re-stain them. If I am successful, this will save us from having to buy a new {more updated} vanity unit for his bathroom when it’s time to remodel. We’ll see. I’m not very confident it will work, but I figure it’s worth a try.

2. Run, walk or crawl a Marathon, half marathon, 10k, and 5k race this year.

I haven’t signed up for anything yet, but I’ve been walking everyday.

3. Remodel our Master Bathroom, Master Closet and Monkey Boy’s Bathroom.

Chino stopped by the house yesterday to take measurements and to talk about the remodel. I’m still waiting for his bid, but we did decide to add a window in the bathroom. Yay!

4. Finish Every Room in Our House.

5. Turn Spare Bedroom into a Cozy Home Office Space for myself.

6. Create a Vegetable Garden.

Yesterday I installed a nice big hedge alongside the patio. The hedge will hide a potting bench {once I find one} and a few other garden accessories. I’m hoping to stop by the Home Depot this weekend to buy supplies for the new garden boxes I plan in make later this month.

7. Build a Path into the Hillside for Easy Access to the Upper Garden.

8. Limit my personal spending to $100 a month.

If eating an entire bag of Brach’s Cinnamon Gummi Hearts in 2 days is wrong… I don’t want to be right. They were delicious. It was money well spent. I have no regrets. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Total spent so far this month $84.33. Still have $15.67

9. Purge… Weekly. Find 10 things each week to donate to the thrift store.

I spy with my little eye, 3 articles of clothing, 1 golf glove, 1 crocheted Frisbee {?} 1 pint glass, 10 party invitations, 1 Girls Doodle Book, 1 Biology cheat sheet, 1 giant bag of markers.

10. Read 1 book a week. – My goal is to read 52 books this year

This past week I read Still Alice. You need to read it. And then afterwards, wonder if you might have Alzheimer’s every time you forget something. I highly recommend the book.

11. Slow Down. –

I felt like stitching birds… so I did. Now I just need to turn them into pin keeps. Caw!Caw!

12. Canning – I didn’t get a chance to can anything last week but I do have my eye on a new recipe. Stay tuned!

Did you set any goals for this year? If so, how are they coming along?

~Mavis

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Ask Mavis – I’m Talking Lucy, DIY Laundry Tabs, Heat-Treated Pallet Gardening and MORE!

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By Mavis Butterfield on January 30, 2015 · 1 Comment

What type of dog do you have? SO, SO, ADORABLE!!!!

~Cheryl

Lucy is a puggle and we could not imagine life without her! We’ve had her for about 2 years, and even though she is occasionally naughty, she is so adorable, we forgive her. She is a part of our family, so of course I blog all about her! Check out every last Lucy the Puggle Dog post HERE.

Hi Mavis! Quick question for you. I noticed during your remodel posts that we both have the same new LG washer & dryer. Do you have any problems using your homemade laundry tabs in your washer? Mine would not completely dissolve the All tabs I happened to have when I got them and I had to switch to liquid. Also just have to tell you my two little girls absolutely love your pumpkin spice muffin and pumpkin spice waffle recipes. They gobble them up! Thanks.

~Nicole

Nicole, your daughters have great taste. I personally have a weakness for anything I use my Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe in! YUM! As far as the DIY Laundry Detergent Tabs, I’ve never had any issues at all with them not dissolving. I think that’s the beauty of homemade vs. store bought! Let me know how they work for you if you try them out.

Where oh where may I obtain some of the wonderful sentence/definition cards you are using on your website? They are wonderful?

~Kimberly

I actually found them on Etsy, and if you search”vintage set of English vocabulary cards” you’ll probably find a few for sale. According to the box they came in, they are suppose to be “a convenient method for developing quickly and easily, your knowledge of those choice English words vital for advancement in your career.” Not sure if that’s working, but they are still fun nonetheless!

I don’t quite understand this Zaycon credit? Can you explain? Did you get 45lbs of protein for free?

~Kathryn

I did get 45lbs of protein FREE! It is possible because Zaycon Foods is so freakin amazing and they like to not only sell great quality meat at amazing prices, but give back to their customers as well. All I do is use my referral link. And you can too. Just head on over to the Zaycon Foods site and sign up to get your own referral link (won’t cost you a thing!). Then shoot an email out to all your friends and family or on Facebook or what have you, and tell them how great Zaycon is. If they sign up using your link, you get Zaycon credit towards free stuff! Easy peasy!

I would love to do a pallet garden, but can’t find heat treated pallets in my area. Question: if I PAINTED the pallets and sealed them well with a non-toxic paint, would that work? I don’t have any other options.

~ LaVerne

I wish that would work! If it did, I’d do that all the time. Unfortunately, it wouldn’t duplicate what the heat treatment does, which is keeps the woods from rotting, attracting bugs, shrinking or swelling. If you painted your wood, you’d just have pretty wood that could potentially rot, attract bugs, swell or shrink. No good!

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Beautiful Plus Size Jackets, Spring Scarves, Pantene Deal, Garden and Gun Magazine, Recipes and More

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Word of the Day: Filch Definition: To steal, to pilfer Used in a sentence: When the grocer was not looking, the hungry boy was tempted to filch an apple.

Let’s just say, yesterday was AWESOME. The puggle princess and I went on a long walk, I planted 4 trees, removed 2 bushes, swept the driveway and tried out a new recipe. Oh and Chino the Handyman stopped by to talk about the bathroom and closet remodel. Yee-Haw, I love it when everything goes as planned. 🙂

Have a great Friday everyone,

♥ Mavis

*This deal post will be updated throughout the day so be sure and check back for deals.

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The cups are great for baking and Bento boxes as well. Get a few Bento Box Ideas HERE.

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If you have frozen fingers and an old sweater lying around your house, check out How to Make Mittens Out of an Old Sweater! Sweater mittens are the best! Find more cool projects on my Arts and Crafts Pinterest Board.

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Attention Dremel Owners…

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Save money with these 10 Homemade Cleaner Recipes. You’d be surprised at how much money you can save each month by making your own household cleaners. Get the recipes HERE or Pin it for Later.

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12 Super Bowl Appetizer Recipes #GoHawks

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By Mavis Butterfield on January 29, 2015 · 2 Comments

The Super Bowl is such a big deal to a lot of people, especially if you happen to live in or near the city of the reining super bowl champs. And even more so if said champs are about to repeat their win {#go hawks!!}. So of course there will be parties and of course those parties will have food. A LOT of food. Trying to figure out what to serve your hungry guests might not be easy, but I suggest you serve a variety of appetizers!

I love serving appetizers at parties because it allows everyone to sample all sorts of foods and recipes without stuffing themselves silly. Okay, who am I kidding. I always stuff myself silly on appetizers. The ones below are no exception {and you might notice, many of them include bacon. Because, well, bacon}!

Here are a few of my favorite appetizers that are always crowd pleasers:

Cowboy Caviar – {Pin it for Later}

Sweet and Sour Mushrooms – {Pin for Later}

Bacon Wrapped New Potatoes – {Pin for Later}

Tzatziki Dip Recipe – {Pin for Later}

Chex Party Mix – {Pin for Later}

Baked Mozzarella Sticks – {Pin for Later}

Smashed Potatoes with Bacon and Chives – {Pin for Later}

Garlic Spinach Dip – {Pin for Later}

Bacon Wrapped Jalapenos – {Pin for Later}

Roasted Garbanzo Beans – {Pin for Later}

Cheesy Pull Apart Bread – {Pin for Later}

Baked Not Fried Pork Egg Rolls – {Pin for Later}

Looking for more appetizer recipes? Check out my Appetizer Board on Pinterest!

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