Busy, Busy, Busy!

Had the opportunity to be interviewed today on Channel 2 News at Noon by Mary Nichols.  She is quite tall and strikingly beautiful.  She took off her shoes so she wouldn't be so tall next to me.  We talked briefly, fastest 2 1/2 minutes of my life!


I have been in business with Donna for 3 1/2 years.  We started teaching classes about how to create a Prepared Pantry and realized many people are not as organized as we have been so we created the Preparedness for Life Series software.  This is where you input your family's favorite recipes, print your master shopping list and learn a lot about other tools available to shop smarter.  Go here to purchase the software, we are offering a SUPER deal on it right now! Prospering Families Preparedness for Life Software on Amazon.

Let us help your family get on the road to being more prepared, whether for those busy nights when everyone has to go a different direction or the time that you might find your family in a financial bind and don't have money for groceries.

Prepared Pantry Ingredients

Almost 3 months to the day and my husband starts work again on Monday!  I am so thankful I had the tools available to survive including coupon and social networking skills.  Our family of 6 (4 kids age 12, 15, 17, 18) did very well.  I learned a lot and because I have been preparing for this with the way I have shopped the last 3 years, we had a Prepared Pantry.

Because of our Prepared Pantry, we did not have to purchase the following items during the three months:
* toilet paper
* paper towels
* laundry detergent
* toothpaste
* soups
* salsa
* cake mixes/brownies
* breakfast cereal

I will post more updates on things I wish we had done differently later. Happy Day!  We have a job!!

Prospering Families Update

Well, we are starting to Prosper!   Donna's family has had some changes in their lives and are moving to a different home in the Salt Lake Valley and my husband found a job after 3 months.  Life has its ups and downs and if you don't try to enjoy the ride along the way, you are going to miss out on a lot.

We appreciate all of your support and have had tremendous support from sales at our Amazon Store Prospering Families on Amazon. 

We are both going to keep saving money and will continue to share our stories as we know they have helped many. 

Save Money on Meat

Some quick tips...

• Stock up on Sales!
• When there are great deals on extra-lean ground beef I always buy as much as my budget allows and then I portion the meat into 1 pound packages (I do a few 2 pound packs for some recipe convenience).  I then freeze the meat.
• I do not usually precook my meat and then freeze it as sometimes I make meatballs and inevitably the time I want to make them, I don't have uncooked meat in the freezer.  Doing some of both (precooked and uncooked) will help too

• Try Canned Meat
• Some recipes will gear to canned meat well - like a Chicken Tortilla Soup - but others need fresh.  I would NOT buy in bulk on canned goods until you try them to see if your family will even eat it or else you will have wasted money
• I would buy more smaller cans rather than fewer larger cans.  Again, meat will go to waste if you are not using it quickly once it is open.

Software Tax Relief Sale!

Donna and I have been sharing our message of creating a Prepared Pantry for almost 5 years.  We have taught this message through classes, through our website, through our partner websites, at workshops, at fairs and shows and I am sure other places I can't remember.  We finally realized we needed to get the message out to more than just Utah, so we partnered with DVO Software (I grew up with the founder and owner Dan in Michigan) to get our message out in a format that many could use.

Our Preparedness for Life Software is step one to get your family and household organized and more prepared.  As I can personally testify, you never know when your life will get thrown a curve ball (still without a job after 9 weeks, and still have money in the bank).  Once your family has your Prepared Pantry, you might need more recipes to add and we sell DVO recipe software for that.  Then, you will want to start preparing your family with long-term supplies and the Food Storage Planner will help you accomplish that task.

All of this can be done by using software that we sell.  Go to our Amazon Store and purchase any of the software for only $10!  We are offering this through April 17th so don't delay.  We want to be a partner with your family in the preparedness plans.  After all, you NEVER know what tomorrow will bring.

The Savvy Shopper Site Goes National!

I have been working with the Savvy Shopper website since it started about 4 years ago.  I have been the Preparedness Moderator. 

It has been a Utah site but it has now gone National!  The following states will have grocery deals listed: Georgia, Arizona, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Wyoming.  Other states will be following but these are the ones that will have local grocery store ads covered now.

Check out the site!!  Savvy Shopper website

No April Fool's - Still No Job - Still Surviving!

It is now into our 8th week of no income.  Again, I am amazed at how far my buck can go when I have to do it!  I planned the meals out for the month and am just picking up a little here and there as required by fresh foods or to replace the Fritos that someone opened and ate as a snack when I was going to make Frito Casserole.  I'm not mad, I'm just reporting the facts.

Coupons are saving me... as well as the weekly ads.  Check out the post I did on the Utah Mama website that lists all the weekly ad links for Utah (Utah Mama Grocery Ad Link).  For all our clients and friends around the nation, you should take time to do this too for your local area.  It will SAVE YOU time and money by spending a few extra minutes to plan your shopping trip to the stores that give you the most dollar stretching opportunity.

Here's to hopefully some good job news this week...