September is National Prepardeness Month. The purpose is to create a plan incase of a natural disaster. Make a disaster ready kit for your family and pets. For guidelines on what to put in visit www.ready.gov.

A great way to clean out your pantry and keep dinners new and exciting is to pick out a few ingredients from the pantry at the beginning of the week and find recipes that include them.  You’re using food you already have so you don’t have to bring more into the house and you are [...]

Get rid of plastic grocery bags and invest in or make reusable bags to take to the store.  This will clear up space in what ever area you were storing the bags.  You can also save money for every bag you bring to the store, Safeway does .05 cents for every reusable bag you bring.  [...]

Stop writing notes on post-its and loose paper.  Get a little dry erase board to put on the fridge, at the back door or anywhere convienent for you and write notes and lists on there.  Once you have completed something, just wipe if off.  Most of the boards are magnetic as well so you can [...]

It’s a really good idea to clean up your trash cans now and then.  You can use bleach spray and wipe them down on the outside.  Fill with water and some bleach on the inside and let it sit for a while. 
Once your trash can is clean…get organized.  I buy a roll of trash bags [...]