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Food Counts... Bartering, Harvesting and Collecting

4- Pork steaks
4 lg Pork Sausage links
2 lbs of Pork Bacon
1 lb of chopped Sweet Pork Sausage
1 lb of chopped Spicy Pork Sausage
and
1 lb of  Venison  Chop Meat
 Bartered for 3 doz fresh chicken eggs.

Egg count for Jan 2013 came to 136 eggs.

At .32 cents an egg that's a $43.52 value!

24- 4 oz. jars of Orange Marmalade

32 oz. in the frig. that didn't make it to jars.

Avg market price is .60 cents an oz.

56 oz x .60 = $33.60

Paid $7 to make 56 oz. 

That's a $26.60 savings!

week 27th Couponing Trip and Freebies Part B

4 packages feminin wipes - $2.99
 4 packages of liners - $2.40
All for free with 8 coupons from the RP 1/13 for $3 off  Poise Wellness product

5 Free 8 oz jars of Vaspar paint at Lowes with 5 free Vaspar paint sample coupons from Vaspars Facebook page.
We are going to use them on the garden signs we are going to make to mark the rows/beds of veggies and herbs.

Brillo Soap Pads 10-ct - $1.49
$0.55 Brillo soap pads in RP (1/13) and they double it.
I had 8 coupons
$0.39 each

French's Honey Mustard - $1.59

I had 8 coupons making it 59 cents each.

$1/1 French's mustard SS (1/6)

Welch's Fruit Snacks - $2.00 on sale

$0.50/1 Welch's Fruit or Fruit & Yogurt Snacks printable coupons get doubled at checkout.
I had 10
 $1.00 after coupon

Buy 2 Dove Men+Care Body and Face Bar 6 pack on sale for $6.49
Subtotal: $12.98
-(2) $4/1 Dove Men+Care Body and Face Bar, 6 Pack from the 1/17 RP
-(1) $3.75 Dove Men+Care Soap SR eCoupon
Pay: $1.23
Get: $5.00 Catalina
FREE + A $3.77 MONEY MAKER with coupons and catalina
AND FREE 3 LBS OF BANANAS AND 1 CANTALOUPE WITH OVERAGE.

The New Year's Food Budget 2012...can it be achieved?!

3 days ago started the 2012 new years budget as I begin paying bills marked due by 2012 and purchased food for the up coming week. I gave myself the budget of $50 to feed my family of 5 for the week. So far for week number one I have managed to do this. I also gave myself a budget of $30 instead of about $100 for the family new years celebration and yes I managed to hold up to that too and did I cut corners?... why yes I did but honestly no one even noticed the menu was down sized to fewer choices but bigger proportions.

The menu for the celebration is.
English muffin pizzas
mini cupcake pan quiches (broc and cheddar and spinach and swiss.)
pig in a blanket
and over loaded potato skins.
For a fancy punch for the kids is fruit juice with ginger ale to make it bubble

Our weekly menu for meals is ...

Breakfast -
pancakes with fresh fruit,
oatmeal with fresh fruit,
eggs and toast
yogurt with granola and fruit
homemade bagels with homemade jam and peanut butter
milk or OJ

Lunches-
 left overs
 ham or bologna sandwiches with cheese.
soup and salad
 homemade cookies or rice krispie treats
 fresh fruit
carrot and celery sticks
drinks.

Dinner -
Monday- roasted chicken. mash potatoes and carrots
Tuesday - Chicken and Broc Alfredo.  (using some of the left over chicken) and a salad and bread
Wednesday - Meat loaf, peas, mash potatoes
Thursday - Over stuffed, double baked potatoes with broc. cauliflower, cheddar cheese, chicken from the roasted one and bacon. and salad
Friday - Scrap pizza with bread sticks.

Dessert

pudding and jello

I hope it all works out well this will free up on the avgerage of $100 a week to place towards othe debt.

Happy News Years Everyone and please Be Safe!

A New Beginning...2012!

As I sit here thinking of things I would like to chance like, money, relationships, organization to be better and more I am reminded of the things I can not change like my battle with cancer is not over and I have 7 weeks Monday thru Friday of radiation still.

I only hope God gives me the strength and the knowledge to continue with my life and the wonderful ways he has taught me to be with friends and family. My relationship with my husband has never been better in both worldly love and spiritually!

One of the biggest chances that will effect us the hardest is living up to the no credit way of life that God has expressed many times over to be a sin. If that means to live without then that is what God wishes.

I am actually looking forward to a more 1950's way of life then I have been trying to live already.

I hope you all follow along while we go through this very hard process in this 2012 way of life. The outside world with it's un-Godly influences can be strong at times and that is where our strength and prayers will come in handy. You can pray for us too in that we can stay focus and on track. That would be greatly received. <3

Today I started with cleaning out the bill file and setting it all up for a cash only way or life and recording for 2012. I was even able to apply a small amount of money into the savings and on a credit card.  I am hoping to not only build up the savings but take care of all the credit cards once and for all this year.

I have also asked hubby and I will do the same, to record all daily expenses to be reviewed and tracked. This will help with keeping track of un-necessary spending and possible spur of the moment spending because you will think twice before writing it down... at least I know I will.

Well enough said and I hope you follow along like I requested as we go through daily scheduling of chores and money debt recovery and crafts and baking and much much more!

Do not forget to take time with the Lord today and write your blessings and I am thankfuls  in your journal. even the smallest things are Blessings in Life!

Mama Oak

To Become More Magnetic to Money...Is That Possible?

Mending The Money Purse

As I read my daily lesson in Simple Abundance I stopped to ponder on a quote. " A lean purse is easier to cure than endure."  Hmmmmm So what does that mean and how can I apply that to my life. " My purse is already lean". We live paycheck to paycheck on a single salary with 3 kids. We live in a small house and cut every corner we can find and do without so much already. Lately hubby has taken many days off with no pay to care for our family the last few weeks as I battle an illness that has landed me many times in the hospital. How much leaner could my purse possibly get!

As I read on I read that Babylon was famous for it's fortune because it's people as well as their king were rich, enjoying a level of personal wealth beyond our contemporary comprehension. This was due to the knowledge of the laws of prosperity was available to everyone. And many almost all of these laws can be found right in the Bible too!

The man - made laws of  money created by the Babylonians were way simple and they still apply to us today even over 8,000 years later.
They are regular savings and sharing. controlling expenditures. living debt free, increasing prosperity through prudent investments, protecting the bulk of your wealth from loss, owning property, establishing a future income for old age and increasing the ability to earn money through preseverance.

Sounds easier said then done to me, right?

First step though was to " start thy pures to fattening'. They suggested taking no less than 10% of ones earning and claiming it as one's own. This money was to be kept in a purse that was worn at the waist. The purpose of this purse was to act as a magnet to money, endowing it's owner with a feeling of financial security as it grew fatter. As it grew to heavy to wear they would transfer the money into a larger savings chest and used it for lending, trading, acquiring property or making investments. But a portion of money was to always remain in the purse to attract more money.

While in this day of age I don't recommend caring large amounts of money on you like that but creating a money magnet is a great psychological way to jump start a sense of financial serenity if your worried about money even though God will provide. A money magnet is not a saving account. It is an addition to the money you put in to that account. It's some thing that you keep to remind you to save and not spend. It's something you can not spend or would not want to spend easily like a $100 bill. Your less likely to break that and spend it then a $5 or a $20. Then adding additional $100 bills to your collection or your purse.

It's a great tool to remind us that abundance must occur in our minds before it can manifest itself in our lives. So we can begin to share and do great things with it.

How will you apply this now to your life? What is your money magnet gonna be?

I am going to write down a goal I would like to achieve, my fat purse amount and write it out on a brightly colored index card in bold red ink and keep it with me! 

Write or comment on how you are going to apply this to our life and what your money magnet will be and share with us as we go along together and eliminate our debt.

I would love to hear from you all!

Don't forget to have your quiet time with the Lord and to write in your prayer journals!