Household Tips
Budgeting Tips for Disney Vacations
A trip to Walt Disney World in Florida or a cruise on the Disney Cruise Line can be somewhat overwhelming financially. There are travel costs, hotel costs, food, and park tickets. Don't forget souvenirs and incidentals. For the average family of 4 who wants to stay on...
Easy and Fast Meal Prep
One of the things that I hated most about getting home at almost 6pm was having to cook dinner. It would take almost an hour sometimes to get things prepped and prepared. I had to create some short cuts for myself that make things quicker and easier for any meal...
Menu Planning for Vacation
When we travel, we normally stay in a timeshare that has a full kitchen. It works out great since we can save money eating many of our meals in the room versus having to eat out all the time. This is especially helpful given that my 4-year-old hardly eats and is a...
Monthly Grocery Shopping
I have been menu planning for a while and when I sat down a few months ago and added up how much we were spending on groceries, I was horrified! It was obscene! Something had to change. I began buying all the meat for the month in bulk at Costco back in January and...
Monthly Menu Planning
When I was single, menu planning was the farthest thing from my mind. I would head to the grocery store once a week or twice a week and "pick up a few things" and head home. My menu usually consisted of frozen meals, eating out, and noodles. That was it unless I was...
10 MORE QUICK DINNER RECIPES – BACK TO SCHOOL
Most of our kids are back in school with some starting in the next week or so, so I thought I would give you 10 more quick dinner recipes. These easy meals are sure to make those weeknights better when all the extracurricular activities start up again. I know it can...
BACK TO SCHOOL – ENDING THE MORNING MADNESS
The alarm clock goes off at 5:30am and I roll out of bed ready to begin what I call the “morning madness”. The morning madness is the battle that I fight Monday through Friday to get the kids up, fed, and out the door on time with as little whining, complaining,...
BACK TO SCHOOL – RECIPES AND ORGANIZATIONAL TIPS!
Most of the children are back in school or heading back this week and I have some great posts to help you once things start to get busy. Included are 20 super simple and quick meals to help you get dinner on the table fast when homework and extracurricular activities...
FIVE REASONS I LOVE HAVING A CHEST FREEZER
Last Christmas, when I got the Christmas money we get from one relative, I decided that I really needed and wanted to buy a chest freezer. The question was, how big and what type of freezer to purchase. We found one that we liked online at Amazon and it was a great...
BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING WITH EBATES!
This post includes a referral link to eBates but is not a sponsored post. All opinions are my own. These referrals help to offset the cost of providing you with free content on Detours in Life. Back to School time can be loaded with expenses. I know for us, we...
