Good Morning

Looking forward to spring.  Well, kids are back to school - I really don't know how they get up so early in the morning.  My son who is a real X-boxer, gets up at 6am every morning straight in the shower and off to school with no drama at all.  He is nearly 14, and most morning he will even make oats - he has learn by himself with a special layer of brown sugar - yum and such a great start to the day!!.  My daughter is pretty good at getting herself up in the morning - but she doesn't sleep well so a little slow on it.   Busy day today - I have to go and help out at the barn - getting it ready for more horses, which is very exciting, hope to build the racing stable up to about 20 horses this year so need to be very organized.  But more horses more $$.  I'm also working on a little project myself - just in the research stage at this point - but very exciting.  Plus my company with my sister Merino Moms has a whole new line of clothing coming - Which we can't wait to launch so all good plans in the works.  Must go as very busy today.

Caroline

Psalms 55:22

Give your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of you.  He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.  Amen!

What's done is done; what is gone is gone. One of life's lessons is to keep moving FORWARD!!

I'm always reading and love facebook, and all the interesting information on there - you may not of realized yet but there is a lot of interesting home making, crafting, home cooking pages that you can like, then everyday you are full with a whole new book to read.  Over the last month I can't believe all the information that I have (that is free by the way).  I really want to have chickens now too - thanks everyone - I little hard when you live in a townhouse.  But maybe I can still work out a way.  I have also now know how to recycle just about everything so that is wonderful too.  Plus on Facebook, I come across this saying

What's done is done; what is gone is gone. One of life's lessons is to keep moving FORWARD!!

We have to move forward every day - sometimes it is very hard to go to sleep thinking that tomorrow will bring more bills and more costs.  I love spend the day at home and not spending any money.  At least this little saying helps!!  Have a wonderful FORWARD day everyone and keep smiling!!

 

 

Today I decided to enjoy being broke!

So it is another day in my house and instead of worrying about money, I going to try and enjoy my day.  I must say that I have learn so much over the last couple of months, about how to save on so many things.  From making your own household cleaners to some great recipes.  Plus trying to live a more simple life.  There is so much stuff out there that we don't actually need!  So much stuff that we can learn to make from scratch and enjoy all the free things in life.  Like going for a walk, talking to a friend, reading blogs and even cleaning the house. 

So today at least try and take time to enjoy your day no matter what is happening in your life.

Caroline

Making money by saving money

This is going to be a long post as I discover how to make money by saving money.  At this time of year the heating bill is way up - so this is a big area that I want to work on as soon as I can.  We live in a small 3 bedroom townhouse - so very warm which is a bonus.  However, our energy bill has hit the roof and I know I can save about $50 a month off this ($600 a year - around a weeks wages) !!!.  I have noticed that the dryer is a really big one (I take note of the meter first - turn the dryer on and then take note of the meter.  If you work it out by watts you will realize how much it cost to dry your clothes).  So this is what I do I hang what clothes I can on a rack to dry overnight - under one of the vents for the heater is good, jeans are always good as they take so long to dry in the dryer.  If you are organized you should be a day ahead so no one will need something right now!!  Towels can also be done like this   I grow up in New Zealand and we never had a dryer!  You will be surprised at how much money you save therefore more money that you will make!!  Be sure to check back as I will be adding a lot more to this post.