Lets Get Spring Cleaning

It just has to be done. Next week on Monday 16th we are having a rental inspection of our home. I want the place shipshape. Have made it through most of winter, soon will be spring. But we have to get this done sooner then later. And the truth be told I'm thankful for it.
So today I have been attacking my DD8 room. Cleaning her walls and outside of her drawers, have yet to put clothes back into the drawers but have cleaned out her wardrobe. Will be sharing before and after photos today. Giving the room a total declutter, and making sure all is clean and tidy. Before I tackle the boys room, then my room (oh boy, oh boy)

Big Bills Due this Month

So I'm setting myself and our family a challenge. Live off what we have in our cupboards (freezer), only buying the basics. Save on petrol, power and water. Make do with what we have for the rest of this month. Have to pay over $2734 in bills. Our extra help we were getting has gone down saying my husbands pay has gone up, based on what he earned last year. But my husbands pay has gone down, this past month. It's the way life goes. and we have to make the most of it. Any way I'm going to focus on cleaning our home up this month and our veggie garden. Have had some great encouragement from this website Get Growing with NZ Gardener.  They have lots of helpful information and it's great to see things in action, not just reading what to do. So this week when we have a fine day I'm going to dig up our raised garden bed and get it prepared for growing vegetables. We have lots of sliverbeet but I want to grow some other vegetables. Will take before work photos and share our progress. Other plants that are growing are Rosemary bush, Parsley, and Thyme. We have a little tomato plant that I have been growing inside. Our mandarin tree still has fruit and so does our grapefruit. I would love to get some strawberry plants with my Mitre10 voucher, and vegetable plants. Then I'm not spending any money.

As I make another Waste Not Want Not Soup

My thoughts go to how much we can waste when we are not careful of planned. And I don't just mean with food either.
Clothes = How many times do we throw out some perfectly good clothes because they need mending? Or buy brand new clothes instead of Opp shopping? Or have more clothes then what we wear?
Power = Have all the lights on, use all electrical appliances all the time?
Water = Keep the tap running, fill the sink up high to wash dishes?
Petrol = All the time use the car even to places you could walk to?
Time = Doing nothing much when you think about it?
and of course Money = Buying what you don't need?

Almost Finished my Price Book

My $5 address book is almost complete, as my new price book. I'm getting a feel for the best prices for what we normally buy. I know the effort I have put in is worth it. So I can plan my shopping better. 
This week I hope to not spend much at all on groceries. But do have have a couple of friends birthdays to do something for this week.
The other project I'm working on is my routine. I'm getting put together on coloured card, since I'm a visual person it will help motivate me.
I have already done the family routine and it is up on the fridge now.
But must get back to getting children ready for school.