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But now, it's even better (if I do say so myself)

I recently added a *new* audio that I think will be helpful to many moms who feel domestically clueless!

It's called "3 Key Family Manager Principles For A Happier Home"

In it you'll learn why running your home is so challenging, and how you can start to get it all under control with just a few simple mind-shifts.

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 Getting dinner on the table EVERY SINGLE NIGHT can be challenging enough...but when your kitchen is a disaster -- it's at least twice as hard!  Never fear, Shelley from OneRoastVegetable.com to the rescue!

Shelly's hosting a FREE teleclass where she'll actually walk you through organizing your kitchen -- right there on the phone!  

Just imagine what you could get done with a little support and motivation.

So go sign up for it RIGHT NOW at:  http://www.OneRoastVegetable.com/teleclass.htm

And while you're there, get her incredible FREE Roast Vegetable Salad instructions as well. You can get that at  www.OneRoastVegetable.com

Enjoy!

It's no secret that I'm no domestic diva.

As you may know, I grew up with a housekeeper -- which means that  I never learned how to "keep house." 

Thank G-d, I finally found Kathy Peel's Family Manager System. It really taught me what I needed to know...

But beyond learning what *I* needed to know...I'm going to be perfectly honest here...I had trouble teaching my children what THEY needed to know -- because no one ever taught me when I was a child.

It seems to come so naturally for other moms. They seem to know instinctively when to tell their child to clean up and how to teach them how to clean a bathroom, do their laundry etc...

I was CLUELESS...until I found this great solution:

These great little flip books were the perfect visual aid to help me teach my children how to clean their rooms and do various household chores. The basket system actually makes it (almost) fun for my kids to clean up. Seriously, they took to it like a duck to water and I couldn't be happier with my small investment in this product.

 Recently they added a Clean and Flip book that teaches kids to do their own laundry and you can get it for when you purchase both books and use the code: FREELAUNDRY. 

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All of the BIG savings on groceries start with a pricebook. This simple tool will save you THOUSANDS with very little effort on your part. What is a pricebook? A pricebook is a gauge . . . a gauge of the best prices for items you buy. If you have this important record you can always know you are buying things at the best prices, not just what the grocery stores want you to think are the best prices.

Stores can get away with selling you overpriced items and telling you it’s a good deal because they control all of the variables. For example, if you walk into a store and see that chicken breasts are regularly $3.99, but today they’re marked down to $2.99, you might decide that’s a great deal!
Compared to what? Compared to the inflated price of $3.99 that the store tricked you into believing was a good basis for comparison. That’s why you should not buy things just because they are on sale. If you know by looking at your pricebook, that you have bought boneless skinless chicken breasts for $0.99/lb in the past, $2.99 doesn’t sound like such a great deal.

In order to know what truly constitutes a good deal, you would need to have a record of the price you have paid for items in the past. This is where the pricebook comes in handy. It’s your own personal record of the great deals you’ve found in the past.

I’ve seen the idea of a pricebook batted around online, and most of the time people are either confused about what a pricebook is or question how anyone in their right mind has time to price everything they buy at the grocery store. A pricebook is not as difficult as it sounds, and it is the most important, most empowering piece of information available to save TONS of money at the grocery store.

To start a pricebook, keep a record of the grocery items you buy and how much you pay for each item. Each time you need to buy that item in the future, consult your pricebook first to see how much you paid in the past. The trick is to make sure you are buying the item for the lowest price you have ever paid in the past. If you can’t find it at the lowest price, then skip it! Wait until you can find it at the lowest price. Once you have an actual PriceBook in your hands, shopping is a breeze.
I have a record of the prices of every item of food and other non-food item I have bought at grocery stores for the last four years. In my well-researched pricebook, I can look up any item that I normally buy and find the lowest price I have ever paid for that item.

If for instance I have found a can of green beans for $0.15/oz at The Dented Can, a local discount grocer, I try never to buy green beans for more. After all, if you find green beans for $0.15/oz, buy a whole cart full and you’ll have green beans any time you need them for the next six months!

On the off chance that you run out of $0.15/oz green beans, you know what to aim for. If down the road, you find them for $0.25/oz, you can decide to buy them, or go for the thrill of passing up on them this week and waiting it out. Maybe this week your family will enjoy a corn casserole instead, or possibly black bean soup. Green beans aren’t really the best gourmet food anyway, and there are many other options that ARE incredibly discounted this week. Just stay true to your pricebook!


_This article was contributed by Lana Dorazio. She lives with her husband in the beautiful desert of Peoria, Arizona. Lana’s personal grocery shopping success inspired her to write a comprehensive guide to saving money on groceries, entitled "Save Thousands Grocery Shopping and Cook Great Food". Buy it today at http://www.solutionsforbusymoms.com/grocerybook and receive a fully populated FREE Bonus PriceBook to get you months ahead of compiling your own PriceBook from scratch._
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I've blogged about how to create effective to-do lists before, but you've never heard me explain it like this!  If you're feeling overwhelmed by your huge to-do lists, go listen to this weeks HouseHold Helper Podcast where I share all of my tips and tools for helping you get OUT of overwhelm and into action mode!

Just Click The Link To Listen:

http://thehouseholdhelper.com/podcast/22/episode-11-effective-to-do-lists/ 

You can download it to your ipod or listen right after your computer. Please let me know what you thought of this interview -- did you find it helpful?