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52 week challenge week 24: Cleaning supplies

Cleaning your cleaning supplies? Yep. I often find I have several of something, usually because I got a really good deal. Or I think I have something, but I don’t. So what’s a balabusta to do? Take everything out, review, consolidate, clean, and replace. And make a list of course–of thing(s) that need to be …

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52 week challenge week 23: Refrigerator (inside and out)

Back to the kitchen for a while… Time to get the refrigerator cleaned up inside and out! First, take everything out. You can do it a shelf at a time, or just grab it all and go. Wash down the shelves and drawers, and then start putting things back. But be wise and sort well! …

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52 week challenge week 22: Shavuot recap and back to real life

Shavuot is over. We’ve finished counting the Omer and received the Torah. Now what? Time to review your Shavuot. How did it go? What menu items did you love? What didn’t you love? What traditions did you ask about or learn about? What do you want to do the same next year? What about things …

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52 Week Challenge Week 19: Bathrooms

Oh, bathrooms. How I love having bathrooms! It’s the plural that  get excited about, because growing up, my brothers, sisters, and parents all shared one. Yep, you read that right – one bathroom for all those people. And that’s not counting friends or guests. Now we have several bathrooms, and while that is really nice …

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52 week challenge Week 18: Grocery shopping

N Grocery shopping is important to get under control because we can easily end up spending a lot of our budgeted funds feeding the troops. Some targeted attention can almost always reduce the number unless you are already cutting to the bone–but  for most of us (thank Gd!) we don’t have to. What kind of …

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52 Week challenge week 17: Kitchen review and reset

I don’t know about you, but my kitchen still isn’t fully back to normal from Pesach yet. Mostly, but not fully there. How about you? This week, I’m focusing on sorting through my kitchen. Time to take out what we don’t use in addition to putting things back and rearranging them. For example, our coffee …

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52 week challenge Week 14: Pesach and the kitchen

This week’s challenge is easy to guess – Pesach prep! This week is going to be the kitchen for many (most?) of us, which is by far the most labor intensive part of the process. Then, after the turnover, you still have to cook and feed your family (without using your built-in appliances). Since I’m …

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52 week challenge Week 12: Menu planning part 2

In part 1, I went into WHY menu planning is so awesome. The summary: it can save you money, time, sanity, and help you eat better. Yay, menu planning! Now onto HOW to menu plan. The short answer is that everyone needs to find their own way; what works for me probably won’t be the …

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52 week challenge Week 12: Menu planning

How can you reduce stress daily and save money at the same time? If you read the title, you probably know where I’m going here. Yep, the answer is menu planning. I’m sure you have heard you should plan out your meals somewhere. Before we get into the how, why don’t we look at the …

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52 Week Challenge Week 8: Taxes and filing

(If you’re new to the challenges, check here for the intro and list.) TAXES: Now that 2011 is over, and you should have received all of your tax information, it’s really time to get to work! This year, Passover (April 6-14)  falls just before tax day (April 15) – and do you really want to …

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