For those of you who read me who are not in the “blogging world”, this weekend is a huge blogging conference called Blissdom. Some of us couldn’t go because an ocean separates them from Nashville, some of us chose not to go because our husbands went back to Afghanistan last weekend and we thought the stress of Mommy going away for a whole weekend would be too much for our toddlers, and some of us just couldn’t go.
Tags: Afghanistan, Blizzard Bloghop Tour, Blog Stuff, household6diva, Human Interest, Internet, Nashville, Social information processing, Technology
Posted by Hallee on Jan 19, 2010 in
Budgeting,
Housekeeping,
Stewardship
Hi, My name is Heather and I’m a super coupon junkie. I have a really hard time paying full price for anything and beyond that, I’m in it for the rush! There’s a thrill to stand at the checkout and watch the total $$ go down as the total savings goes up… I’m a huge fan of couponning and making every sale work for me, so much that I actually blog about it at http://couponning101.blogspot.com
Being a guest blogger on Hallee’s site is kinda like going to my first AA meeting – I’m sharing my addiction with you… but unlike AA, this addiction can save you tons of money a year on your groceries no matter where you live in the USA
Tags: Budgeting, Business/Finance, Competition, Couponing, Human Interest, Marketing, Online shopping, Price, Pricing, Stewardship, Unit price
Posted by Hallee on Jan 8, 2010 in
Housekeeping,
Life
Southernsavers.com posted a tutorial on how to spot a fraudulent online coupon. I hope it gives you some insight, maybe teaches you something you didn’t already know.
Tags: Coupon, Fraudulent online coupon, Online coupons, Online sources
Posted by Hallee on Dec 17, 2009 in
Housekeeping,
Life
I’ll be honest with you, I’ve hesitated about doing this post for a while now. I am not a decorator, nor do I pretend to be. I don’t know what to do or how to do it. I can copy what someone else has done, but when I go to copy it, I have a super incredible really hard time spending the money to do it.
Case in point: my husband built the bookshelves and fireplace mantle you’ll see in these pictures in August when he was home for vacation. In August. Most of the shelves are still bare. I just really don’t know what to put on them.
But, in the spirit of the Yule, and in hoping that after I hit the after Christmas mega sales on decorating items, this will bring you a little bit of joy and maybe provide me with a “look how much I improved since last year” post next year. :)
Tags: Bethlehem, Christmas, Christmas decorating, Decorating, Holiday decorating, Human Interest
A friend’s blog post from this week inspired me to write this today. She blogged about taking over their family’s finances and looking forward to the coming year and seeing what she can do about emergency funds and vacation funds and such.
Tags: Biblical manhood, Biblical womanhood, Budget, Budgeting, Marriage, Stewardship
Posted by Hallee on Dec 9, 2009 in
Housekeeping,
Stewardship
I priced Christmas wreaths sometime before Thanksgiving and was just appalled at what they’re getting for these things. I was at Garden Ridge, so I looked at a $49 wreath and made one as nearly identical to it as I could.
Tags: Christmas, Floristry, Holiday fare, Housekeeping, Interior design, Stewardship, Wreath
So, I’m going to play around with how I do things in my home, shift things around, bring homeschool down to three days a week, and see what I can do so that everything still gets done and I can still write as much as I need to and still give this blog all of the focus it needs.
Tags: Biblical womanhood, Blog Stuff, Housekeeping, Toby Mac
Posted by Hallee on Dec 4, 2009 in
Biblical womanhood,
Housekeeping
There are people who clean their whole house every day, so that if company was coming, there would be little they would have to do to prepare. I’m not like that.
Tags: Biblical womanhood, Clean, Cleaning, Deep clean, Dry cleaning, Dust, Everybody Loves Raymond, Housekeeping, Kitchen, Mop, Sweep, Vacuum
Posted by Hallee on Nov 17, 2009 in
Housekeeping,
Life
Filling up the entire side of my fridge, is my life. I can stand back, with my back against the wall, and see the entire year laid out in front of me. I see upcoming birthdays, doctor appointments, days of my husband’s flight home (YAY!), days school gets out, days I need to bake bread for the church bazaar — whatever is coming up is right there.
Tags: Appointments, Biblical womanhood, Calendars, Housekeeping, Month, Schedules, Season, Toby Mac Winter Jam, Units of time
Posted by Hallee on Nov 6, 2009 in
Hallee's Galley,
Housekeeping
I thought I’d give you a picture essay about my Commissary Day yesterday.
Tags: Budget, Budgeting, Commissary Day, Commissary Shopping, Frugal, Hallee's Galley, Hospitality/Recreation, Housekeeping, Stewardship