Simplify Life with Less Emails
November 3, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under time saving
I can’t help but confess that I feel a bit hypocritical writing this post. It’s because my inbox is always so filled with emails. Right now I have over 700 emails. Some days I think I need a secretary. Since I can’t afford a secretary, I’ve decided I need to do some things to get a handle on all this inbox clutter. It is time consuming and it needs to stop. Here’s a few tips I have thought of to simplify our lives and receive less emails.
1) Unsubscribe from unsolicited newsletters. Somehow I am receiving several newsletters that I am …read more
Smart Spending Coupon Organizer Inserts
May 27, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under coupons, organization, product reviews, save-money, saving money
For quite a while now I’ve been using the same coupon organization system. I was using The Grocery Game to help me find deals on groceries. The Grocery Game tells you which week of the paper to pull the coupons from so that you don’t need to clip the coupons until you need them.
The filing system shown above a great system to use if you’re only using The Grocery Game. I definitely like the convenience of the system. The big problem is, I’m missing out on saving money on unadvertised specials, close-outs, and triple coupon sales. I can’t tell you the number of …read more
A Few Christmas Links
December 8, 2008 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Christmas, money saving idea, thrifty-links
Top 10 Regifting Tips for the Thrifty
Easy Christmas Craft for the Kids
10 Clutter Free Gifts
10 Time Saving Shopping Tips
30 Ways to Save Money at Christmas
Top 10 Ways to Save on Your Winter Heating Bill
Enjoy!
How Gas Prices Are Changing “Me Time”
July 9, 2008 by Karen Weideman
Filed under self-help
The following is a guest post.
As a stay-at-home mom of three boys ages three and under, it is VITAL that I get some time to myself. It helps me establish my identity outside of being a wife and mom and it makes me a better spouse and parent.
In the early months of my new stay-at-home mom status, my “Me-time” was spent bargain hunting and garage sale shopping in town by myself. (In case you haven’t noticed, I’m a nerd who enjoys getting good deals!)
But now going to town is an $8 expenditure. My days of “bumming around town” are now …read more
Save Time and Money With Digital Scrapbooking
July 4, 2008 by Karen Weideman
Filed under craft ideas, frugal friday, money saving idea
Hi. My name is Jenn, and I’m a scrapaholic. Yes, I have a room full of funky scissors, expensive paper, ribbons, leetle flowers and WAAAAY too many stickers. And I NEVER use them. But I scrap every day! Yes, I’ve gone digital.
I imagine over the years I’ve spend hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars on all that stuff gathering dust in my craft room – but I avoided using it because it was too much work to get it all out; I didn’t want to just have to clean it all up again in order to eat dinner, the kids …read more
Time is Money and Money is Time
March 19, 2008 by Karen Weideman
Filed under The-Grocery-Game, saving money
Whenever I have spent a considerable amount of effort and time on something, I have frequently heard the phrases, “Time equals money”, “Your time is valuable”, or something along those lines. I always perceived that the person was saying that what I was doing was not worth the effort. Otherwise, why would they have said that?
Yes, my time is valuable . . . BUT it takes time to make and SAVE money. Here’s a recent example . . .
My cabinets are so stuffed that I haven’t used The Grocery Game (TGG) in about a month. I’ve just been picking up a few things here …read more
Time to Spring Ahead
March 7, 2008 by Karen Weideman
Filed under odds and ends







