Healthy Wealthy Living

YOU ARE INVITED!!! To the     Family Made Simple 1st Annual Virtual Cookie Swap Date : Thursday, December 1st Time : Anytime during the day Where : From the comfort of your computer, phone or ipad RSVP : By clicking on the "LIKE" button under the invite on our Facebook Page Please comment/share your favorite cookie recipe. At the end of our FMS cookie swap, you should have a collection of cookie recipes that you can copy/paste into a Word doc and print.  I will also post a collection of recipes on our Blog!  Hope you can attend! ~ Tessa

It’s 5:00, I just got out of work and guess what? I know exactly what we’re having for dinner. The chicken is either defrosting in the fridge or already in my trusty lil’ crock-pot.  No stress here! This wasn’t always the case. At the end of a very long day, I’d realize that I didn’t have anything defrosting, had no idea what to cook and thus found myself at the supermarket strolling the aisles filling my cart with unnecessary items. (Note: do not ever go to the market when you are tired, cranky and famished!) I’d leave the market having spent $70 on nothing noteworthy! I had to come up with another plan. Not only was I tired of my almost daily trips to the market, but I was spending way too much money. Money-Saving Meal Plan : The last Saturday or Sunday of the month, take inventory of what is in your cabinets, fridge and freezer. For example, 4 chicken breasts, 2 boxes of pasta, bag of frozen spinach.  Peruse a cookbook or two looking for recipes you want to try. ...

Lately, my 3 year old has not wanted to get dressed in the morning or get ready for bed. I think it is because she was trying to exert control. In the end, we both lost the power struggle and ended up frustrated. I had to figure out a way to make the morning and nightime routines a little easier and happier for all involved. Option A : A sticker reward chart. I could make one for the the morning and nightime routines. "Little Family Made Simple " could get a sticker for each completed task. The "pee pee sticker chart" worked so well during the potty training stage, but I wanted to come up with something new. I know.... Option B : A picture schedule chart! Picture Shedule Reward Chart Need : Google Images ( For Morning : Go Potty, Take Off Pajamas, Get Dressed, Eat Breakfast, Brush Teeth, Put on Coat, Get in Car. For Night : Brush Teeth, Put On Pajamas, Read a Book, Go to Bed). Poster Board or Store Bought Wall Calendar (I found this...