Help with some old links...

[trumansmom]

DH and I have been very seriously discussing me not returning to work after DD's birth. I remember some old posts that I think would be helpful, and am hoping some of you may have bookmarked them. Or, if you have some new thoughts, feel free to add them!

Topics I'm interested in are:

Ways to cut budget - groceries, etc.
Ways to make money as WAHM
Ways to organize cleaning schedules
Inexpensive ways to keep kids entertained.

Oh! And how did you keep sane without adult interaction?

Thanks in advance!

Jeanne
Mom to Truman 11/29/01 and EDD 4/23/04!

[JElaineB]

I don't have any of the old posts bookmarked, but if your money is going to be tight (like ours is!) I highly recommend _The Complete Tightwad Gazette_ by Amy Dacyczyn. You won't use all of her ideas, but some of them are really great and the whole book is a good motivator for saving money, and how to spend wisely.

I don't clean or organize very well (ok, at all!), but I know a lot of people like Flylady. http://www.flylady.net. I haven't been able to get into Flylady yet myself, though.

Jennifer
mom to Jacob 9/27/02

[trumansmom]

Thanks! I'll send DH to the library this afternoon!

And now I feel like I've made the first step. See, the old Jeanne would have just gone to Barnes and Noble...

Jeanne
Mom to Truman 11/29/01 and EDD 4/23/04!

[kathsmom]

Jeanne,

I found some links to some threads. One of them was started by me when my DH was out of a job last year and I got a lot of good advice. I hope that these help you and good luck!

http://tinyurl.com/24ahw
http://tinyurl.com/38868
http://tinyurl.com/2orzq

[trumansmom]

Yes!! Thank you! These were exactly the links I was thinking of!

Or, for you grammar freaks from the Bitching Post, "These were exactly the links of which I was thinking!!" :P


Jeanne
Mom to Truman 11/29/01 and EDD 4/23/04!