Maggie, a cricket in the house is a sure sign that fall is coming. :) DH has a job interview this afternoon, so I've been working off nervous energy on his behalf by mopping floors. Approximately half this house is tile floors, so it's a lot of mopping. I also need to clean an ottoman that one of th...

It's been ages since I went grocery shopping on a Sunday, but we had run out of bread and milk, so it was kind of necessary. The checker at Aldi said they used to have lulls in business, like on Monday afternoon, but that word seems to have gotten out and they stay busy all the time now.

I cleaned house like crazy yesterday. It was so lovely to have the windows open and enjoy a cool breeze. That kind of weather inspires me to clean and tidy. DH and I have been grocery shopping this morning. We were surprised at how crowded the stores were -- Aldi had lines of people waiting to check...

You go girl! You'll be amazed how fast it goes once you get the decluttering bug.

We will be happy to cheerlead you through your decluttering. :) It sure helped me to post about my own great declutter in the Decluttering thread on the forum. The weather here in Tennessee is simply gorgeous today. High of 73 F., brilliant blue sky and a light breeze. I could get used to this! I ha...

The spreadsheet I had been using to track spending since May was one of the casualties of my recent disastrous computer upgrade. However, I do remember roughly what I had left in the budget for the month -- about $147 left for groceries -- and the number of no-spend days. Yesterday made 7 completely...