In a Dinner Rut? Some Quick Fixes

Are you tired of eating – and cooking – the same exact meals night after night, week after week?  Does it feel like you could cook each night with your eyes closed? Here are some easy solutions:  (1)  Re-create your restaurant favorites Let’s face it.  We often eat out because need a break from cooking.  [...]

Menu Planning for Moms on a Budget

Before Goose’s arrival, when we were a family of two, there was no such thing as planning meals in advance. After work, we decided on what we wanted to cook and someone went to the store, or we either hit the drive-thru or pulled out the take-out menus. We might have eaten anywhere from 6 [...]

A Target Debit Card = Money in Your Pocket

If you’re anything like me, you may think of Target as your mothership.  I am there all the time, and I buy basically everything at Target.  This means I spend serious money there.  If you’re a Target regular like I am, you know there are regular offers to sign up for a Target REDcard.  I have always [...]

Some Ways to Combat Cabin Fever

Last night was the BCS National Championship game.  For Dear Hubby and I, that means dinner in front of the TV.  To pull that off with the wee ones, we had to get creative.  Our solution is one that I think a lot of families can use, especially this time of year: a living room [...]

Hamburger Helper/Tuna Helper/Chicken Helper Coupon

Guess what, readers? Pssst…General Mills sent the Moms a coupon to share with you! 35 cents off Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper, or Chicken Helper Home Cooked Skillet Meals here.

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Conveniently Green Presents…Cloth Diapers: A Beginning Guide for Beginning Beginners Part 1

Gen X Moms has moved to www.GenXMomsBlog.com. Don’t forget to update your bookmark! When I mentioned the words “cloth diapers,” my mother gave me this look that said, “Are you out of your mind?” Well, actually her look said, “I love you, you’re my daughter, I’m not going to tell you how to parent, and [...]

Chocolate Syrup

Gen X Moms has moved to www.GenXMomsBlog.com. Don’t forget to update your bookmark! Mmmmmm, chocolate…. Let us pause to have a Homer moment…. I adore chocolate. In any shape or form. Unfortunately, a lot of commercially made chocolate doesn’t adore me back. Being dairy & gluten intolerant presents a terrifying thought: How exactly am I [...]

Conveniently Green–Cloth Napkins

Gen X Moms has moved to www.GenXMomsBlog.com. Don’t forget to update your bookmark! You hear a lot about “going green” these days, and of course it’s a good idea. Nobody wants to go destroy the environment or kill baby squirrels or melt the Arctic ice floes so we all have beachfront property (well…), but let’s [...]

Works For Me Wednesday–Online Budgeting

Gen X Moms has moved to www.GenXMomsBlog.com. Don’t forget to update your bookmark! Here’s a snazzy thing for you – online budget software @ Mint.com *Gasp* I said the “B” word. And in Southern California, the land of fruit and honey and rampant consumerism, I really am gonna cause a ruckus just saying that word… [...]