Confessions of an Imperfect Homemaker

Listen, I love Pinterest and beautifully, artfully displayed things as much as the next person.  However, I live in the real world and I don't think the average mom can live up to the standards set forth by pin boards, or the blog articles the picture links lead us to.

Is Extreme Couponing Really Worth It?

As moms, most of us would agree that feeding our families (hopefully nutritious) food is one of the most important things we do while raising our children.  Any way we look at it, it is time consuming and in these economic times it is becoming increasingly more and more expensive.  I personally am constantly looking for ways to feed my family more economically. And with four kids, three of whom are adolescent boys (plus the posses of friends they constantly invite over) it is a daunting task.  I go in and out of doing a good job of watching what I spend versus just throwing stuff in the cart and hoping for the best.