I blinked and lost a week! I’ve been crazy busy here making the final switch over to a new menu website. And I’m super excited about it. The menu service is now being hosted at http://www.groceryshrinkplus.com which gives me the ability to offer discounts for subscribing for longer periods at once. You know how I love a good discount!
I’ve also been on the phone a lot interviewing programmers to make the site even more amazing. That’s all I can say about that, until everything is closer to finalization. But IF all the new stuff means prices go up on the site, those who are already subscribers won’t be affected by the increase. Hmmmm, not a bad reason to jump on board now :).
Also, I’ve been busy planning Heidi’s 13th birthday party. I’m going to use the printables above to make the table super cute. The guest list was the hardest part. She could have easily invited 30 girls, but that just wouldn’t work out. We did NOT want to leave anyone out–what’s to do? Originally we were hoping for an indoor pool party, but our local pool had swim meets every weekend for 2 months and we just didn’t want to wait that long. A pool party could have had unlimited guests. We decided on a Mystery/Treasure hunt party at our home. My mom came over this morning and helped me plan all the clues. Oh My! I’m still giggling. It’s going to be a fun time with a small group of girls.
I missed cleaning week last week so plan to pick up where I left off this week. I’ve had some requests to see pictures of my kid’s bedrooms and what we are doing for organization there. I hope to do that this week too. I feel pretty inadequate in that area. I have so many plans for their spaces but am severely limited on time and money right now. But I have good news! We have a contract on our old house. Inspections are done, and all that is left is for the financing to come through on their end. It will feel very good to have that chapter in our lives closed and then we will be able to talk about what’s to be done in our new house!
So anyway, next week I’ll share some of my favorite cleaning recipes. And some of the new beauty recipes I’ve seen to help us get through dry skin season and get ready for Valentine’s Day.
So the two questions I have for you are: What cleaning recipe would you love to find most? And what is your biggest beauty trouble spot you’d love to solve naturally?
How to make hand soap bars. Do you make your own?
Love the birthday party look!! Hope you all have a fantastic time! I would love any recipe without vinegar– it makes my skin break out and I cannot touch it. And all right, I’ll admit it, I’d like to find a more all natural approach to deodorant, but I am not willing to cut it without a workable alternative!!!
Tell H happy Birthday from us!
I just checked out your Sunday sample menu; it looked good. Have you considered adding nutritional information to your menues? It would make it easier on those of us who are tracking our daily calories.
Hi Karen, I provided nutritional information one week and promptly stopped! It was just too much for me. I write the menus by myself each week. I also teach school, run 2 other businesses and have 6 kids, lol. There are not programs that calculate the shopping list, serving sizes etc for me. It’s ALL manually done. I am working on things that will help. Stay tuned :). But even without nutritional information, I provide 5 times more information each week than other services without charging more. It’s a deal that’s hard to beat.
I would love to see a good “working” hard water cleaner. I’ve had a few home recipes, none of which have worked well. As for beauty recipes…I’d have to say hand lotion/ or protection of some sort. I wash my hands so much, they are dry, they crack, I don’t wear the rubber gloves because most have powder or are latex. It just is too tough to work with. You are awesome, thank you for all the help. Oh, I have to share, I’ve always called myself cheap, but my husband said…you are my “frugally efficient wife”. lol Happy savings and blessings
Be careful if you blink more than once you can loose a whole season!! My youngest is turning 13 in April and I would love to hear more about your Mystery/Treasure hunt party. Thank you for all you do to inspire others.
Blessings,
Nicole
Combating dark circles/bags under your eyes