Pepperoni Pizza Muffin Recipe

Published in October 29th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Autumn-Fall, Christian Living, Digging Out of Debt, Family Finances, Frugal Living, Healthy Living, Kitchen, Simple Living, Winter Recipes

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Back in the Saddle Again After a long, but well needed hiatus from the blogosphere, Journey to Simplicity is gearing up for a new life. It’s back in the saddle again for me with a new perspective and direction. Over the first few months of my hiatus, I had so much supportive email from you [...]

Coupons: Are They Worth It?

Published in February 8th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Digging Out of Debt, Family Finances, Frugal Living, Simple Living

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How to Determine if Coupons are Worth Your Time Recently I posted about how to organize coupons to maximize coupon savings (click here to read that article). I began researching couponing on a more detailed level in order to best help a client. If you have not already read the previous article, let me [...]

How to Plan Goals for a Healthy Family

Published in February 1st, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Christian Parenting, Family Finances, Organization

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Purposeful Planning for a Year of Staying Motivated and Inspired Right about now, you likely are still feeling energized and motivated while you are on your way to planning for becoming healthy in all areas of your life, including your family. Statistics, which in this case are accurate, show that by March 1 of any [...]

How to Save Money When You Don’t Want to Cook Dinner

Published in January 26th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Beef Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Christian Living, Christian Parenting, Digging Out of Debt, Frugal Living, Healthy Living, Kitchen, Salad Recipes, Simple Living

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Serve Healthy Food and Save Money In the Comfort of Your Own Home in 15 minutes or Less There are some days when you are so tired, your schedule has been so hectic, and you just don’t want to cook dinner. Many times you hit a drive through which ends up costing your family [...]

Coupon Organization Leads to Saving Money

Published in January 22nd, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Christian Parenting, Digging Out of Debt, Family Finances, Frugal Living, Organization, Simple Living

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How to Organize and Manage Online Coupons and Free Sample Offers I am not the authority on coupon usage. I have stayed away from using coupons due to the fact that 98% of the time the available coupons are for products I do not purchase. However, after a lot of research I have found [...]

Fast Track to a Healthy Weight II

Published in January 20th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Christian Parenting, Family, Family fun, Healthy Living, Homeschool, Simple Living, Unschooling

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Helping Your Family Get Healthy One of the reasons that many women struggle with getting healthy and losing or maintaining a healthy weight is that their families are on a completely different plan. When mom or dad is dieting, and no one else, it creates an environment that is not only detrimental to the [...]

What to do BEFORE You Go to Homeschool Convention Part One

Published in January 18th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Christian Parenting, Family, Family Finances, Frugal Living, Healthy Living, Homeschool, Organization, Simple Living, Unschooling

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Organize Your Homeschool and Save Money Go to any homeschool convention anywhere and walk into the vendors hall. As you casually promenade through the aisles, observe the faces of the parents as they shop. You will many sets of eyes glistening as they peer from one booth to the next. You may even notice [...]

Tax Preparation for 2011

Published in January 17th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Digging Out of Debt, Family Finances, Organization

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Organizing Your Receipts January marks the beginning of tax preparation season for most of us. This year tax forms will not be ready until the end of the month (at earliest) up until February 15, 2011 (at latest). I was asked yesterday why this was, so I did a little digging. My best guess [...]

Simple Ways to Help in Your Community

Published in January 14th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Christian Parenting, Family, Healthy Living, Homeschool, Simple Living, Unschooling

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Community Service and Donating at Local Food Banks from Your Pantry Giving back to your community is an essential and integral part of life. Occasionally, we serve our community as a requirement, such as jury duty. Yet the large majority of community service is simply you donating or volunteering for a local charity. Giving [...]

Organizing Your Pantry, Freezer, and Food Surplus the Simple Way

Published in January 12th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Going Green, Healthy Living, Kitchen, Organization, Simple Living

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Keeping an Inventory of Food for a Healthy Home Getting your home organized is one of the best ways to create a healthy living environment for your family. This can seem an insurmountable task when you look at your entire home. If you break your home down into smaller units, you will find the [...]

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