Critter Chronicles
52 Bites Project
One Bite: Week Twenty
Bite Number 48: Use the Envelope System Up until Tony and I put our very first budget into use, I hardly ever carried cash. Maybe a dollar here or there and a bit of change, but I operated almost exclusively with my debit and credit cards. Tony did as well. The only exceptions to this … Continue reading
One Bite: Week Nineteen
Bite Number 40: Set Up Sinking Funds I feel as though I’ve written about this before, and I’m sure it’s somewhere in my archives, but sinking funds are a crucial component of my budget. Have you heard the term before? Sinking Funds are basically saving accounts with a purpose, which you contribute to on a … Continue reading
One Bite: Week Eighteen
Bite Number 28: Create a Regular Monthly Budget This post will be shorter than usual, frankly because 1- I’m tired and 2- I’ve written extensively about creating a budget already (links below). There’s no need for me to reinvent the wheel here. Tony and I have been living on a budget for over three and … Continue reading
One Bite: Week Seventeen
Life looks as though it’s about to get pretty busy around these parts (end of school, home maintenance, my first business trip, our first adventures with our new camper, and a bunch of races and physical feats that I’ve committed to), and though when I first sat down to write this post I was going … Continue reading
One Bite: Weeks Fifteen & Sixteen
I just noticed that I’m actually a week behind in my numbering these posts. Maybe I skipped a week somewhere? At any rate, these two Bites go together well, though it seems they are at odds with each other. Bite Number 25: Regularly Turn Off Your TV Each year people around the US decide to … Continue reading
One Bite: Weeks Thirteen and Fourteen
Maybe you noticed that I didn’t post a Bite last week, and I have no excuse, really, because I didn’t get sick until last weekend. At any rate, I’ve got two this week to talk about. Bite Number 12: Clean Your Kitchen As You Cook This Bite was easy for me, because I’ve always cleaned … Continue reading
One Bite: A Quarterly Update
I’m sure you’ve all been waiting with bated breath to know what Bite I worked on this week, and for the first time since beginning this project I didn’t post an update on Friday. If you read my last post you’ll understand why; I barely sat down all week, let alone at the computer. Needless … Continue reading
One Bite: Week Twelve
Bite Number Five: {Resume} Menu Planning For those of you who have been around for any amount of time, you’ll know that I’ve been menu planning off and on here for a couple of years now, but I’ve never been consistent with it. That being said, menu planning is not a new concept to me. … Continue reading
One Bite: Week Eleven
Bite Number Twenty: Prepare in Advance for {Birthdays} As with quite a few of the Bites in this book, this was something I had planned to do before I purchased the book, and it just works out for me that I can use this as one of my tasks this year. (I just love how … Continue reading
One Bite: Week Nine
Bite Number Thirty: Switch to Gentle, Eco-Friendly Skin Care If you’ve been reading my blog for any amount of time, maybe you’ll remember last summer when I got on my “green” kick, and then returned with an update a couple weeks later. This post will look similar to the latter link, but with the skincare … Continue reading
