2010 Here We Come

December 29th, 2009 by Jessica
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I’m getting caught up. I took November off to work on my NaNoWriMo project (a one-month challenge to write a novel in 30 days). I had to stop at 12,000 words of my 50,000 because I added three new clients to my small business. Now I’m back up to a regular income and a comfortable client load. This meant I didn’t get to do as much “fun stuff” as I’m used to like noveling and blogging. I’m still bogging at www.debtkid.com so you can read me there. I’m also coming back here for regular posts on frugality and family.

Today I’d like to tell you about my calendar.
I’ve just purchased my second “mom’s plan-it” calendar. I love this calendar because it includes a line for each member of the family (up to five). Being a four-person family, we use the fifth space to show the evening’s dinner plan, so we don’t have to answer the question a dozen times a day.

The kids love the event stickers and that they always know where to look for their stuff. It’s also great for mom and dad to be showing things like shift work, doctor’s appointment and which parent is driving whom where, which we always struggled with on our earlier traditional calendars.

I found this at Office Depot at the list price of $14.95, but Amazon.com has a much better price (I used a coupon on mine, so I didn’t pay full price).

Here’s an example of how we’re using the calendar at home. Our "Mom's Plan-It" calendar with a row for each kid and one for dinner plans too!

DISCLOSURE: I’m not paid by the publishers of the calendar, however I am including my Amazon.com affiliate link.

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I’ll be back, Debember 1st.

November 1st, 2009 by Jessica
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I expect I’ll post a few times this month, but my progress is being seriously hampered by a grand project I’ve undertaken–National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo).

Most of [...] Continue Reading…

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Recycling, saving money and raising money!

October 18th, 2009 by Jessica
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I sold a used smartphone to this company a while back. I could not believe how easy it was!! They sent me the shipping carton and paid shipping [...] Continue Reading…

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$1 Dinners: Roasted Heaven Under Earth at $0.54 A Serving

October 13th, 2009 by Jessica
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I love this time of year, and I especially love my neighborhood green-market.  Their selection of vegetables is truly marvelous.  I was out there yesterday and went wild with [...] Continue Reading…

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Snowflake Money

October 8th, 2009 by Jessica
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I learned from my friend Peter at Bible Money Matters about CashCrate.com to earn money by taking surveys online. He’s been doing this with pretty good success for the past year [...] Continue Reading…

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Financially Preparing for Disaster?

October 7th, 2009 by Jessica
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Dear Readers:  I’d like to turn to you for some thoughts and advice on this.

Here’s the situation.  We live in a lovely condo in a planned community alongside a [...] Continue Reading…

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Working On A Price Book

October 2nd, 2009 by Jessica
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I’d learned about using a Price Book first from The Tightwad Gazette, but also found this great post on the topic at another great blog, No Credit Needed. 

I’m going [...] Continue Reading…

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Coupons for Contacts

October 1st, 2009 by Jessica
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Just got this coupon in my email today. I thought I’d pass it along in case any readers wear contacts.

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Frugal Halloween

September 30th, 2009 by Jessica
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So, I don’t know about your house, but here we do Halloween to the hilt. It’s about the only fun, low-pressure holiday out there. Nobody gets bent out of [...] Continue Reading…

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Mobile Phones

September 29th, 2009 by Jessica
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I own a small business, have a husband who works strange hours, and have kids, for us, a mobile phone is a necessary evil.

We hate the mobile phone expense. [...] Continue Reading…

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