Travelling on the frugal path to Freedom

My home daycare is once again full

I have 1 starting today, and just got word from the family I interviewed last night, that they'd like their little one to come to me as well. It'll be nice to have my full income back Even though I have no plans to spend it, it'll be nice to see the savings balance GROW!

What a relief!

We have been working hard. Lots of yard things are being accomplished.

On monday I removed the old edging on the flower beds and replaced them with a simple brick style edging in a charcoal grey. It looked good. This weekend, dh took out the dirt and we added some rocky mountain lime stone(has tans and browns in color as well as the typical grey), and we picked up some garden mums and planters. The beds look fantastic.

In the back yard, dh moved some sidewalk blocks into ...

Lately dd10 has been getting headaches. Nearly daily for the last 10 days, and a little less frequently before. She has been known to be a chronic complainer. So often we tell her that she needs to laydown in the dark, and it does seem to help.

This last week, on 2 occasions, she's had vicious headaches, so much that you can see her eyes are glazed over. Then out of the blue she says she feel sick to her tummy. Within 15 minutes throws up, the headache subsides and she sleeps 4 or 5 ...

I think i'm gaining a little ground with her.

She wouldn't eat the cookies. Well, I asked her if she wanted chocolate cupcakes - secret weapon, blue berries, spinach, wheat germ, wholewheat. I put the flours in the vitamix to see if I can make it more powdery. We'll see. She ate the raw batter and didn't balk at the texture. Good start. And I made an icing.THe icing is skim milk powder, 1/2 cup icing sugar, 2 tbsp cocoa and 1/4 cup water. It's still very sweet, so I think I'll cut ...

It's a battle many parents face. I have been stressing. She will be in school fulltime this year, in a peanut free school. So that eliminates one of the few things I know she'll eat.

This month is dedicated to new things to try for her.

Today we tried a piggy in a blanket. She is liking it, she won't share with me(good sign..lol). It consists of a home made pizza dough(white, whole wheat flours and wheat germ 1:1:1 ratio). A chicken hot dog, a slice of kraft cheese and ...