Home is where my nana is ...

nothing better then surprise visits home first time back to see nana and Dee since 2005 I think EIGHT Years I can't believe it was that long made me feel shitty that I was gone for so long but positive is this visit made me realize I am so ready to go home I want to see my nana and Dee every day...yes I wanna be spoiled like that my roots are here this is home like my great late pappy use to sing to me " I wanna go home" he use to make me cry because he just didn't realize to me HOME was with him and nana taking me back to my parents wasn't home he was driving in the wrong direction...well Pappy I am coming home the first chance I get and if I can one day I will stay home and never leave again..

A visit to Aunt Dee she always makes me laugh ...

Hey we live an Ocean away from one another and we match ...

I can't explain what it does to my heart to see my girls in my nana and pappys home...my home

My nana I don't think I can ever express to her what she means to me and how very much I love her..

my girls sitting on my pappys chair I miss him so very much....

My little cousin Heather love her so much

Cutting our grocery bill

I started loosely following along this Dave Ramsey budgeting facebook group I decided we needed to cut our grocery bill it was creeping around $1,200 to $1,500 a month my first step was to get organized I made a meal list for ideas for dinners that we normally eat...my next step was to assign a certain type of meal to each day of the week step 3. I chose 14 meals of my dinner list and went shopping with this method I trimmed a couple hundred dollars off the other other thing I did was switched to cash only for groceries set an amount take it out in cash and then that is it no swiping your debit card for overages and spur of the moment impulse buys...I highly suggest store rewards cards and coupons for items that you normally purchase in total I trimmed about $600 off my bill when I am serious and stick to my plan...part of my plan was to do this to free up money to add to savings for a upcoming trip I am planning shhh its a surprise trip ...