I recently completed a poll that stated If you only had 15 minutes to evacuate your home due to a wild fire, what would you grab first? We have had a very dry year in our state so far. We have had over 1,400 wildfires year to date in our state. As in other states, fireworks, gun and fire restrictions have increased. I watched a fire from my backyard as the entire side of a mountain was engulfed...

I was reading an article earlier today in USA Today about Katie Holmes. The article I read was http://usat.ly/LbVDg2. It is obvious that she is going through a change as she and Tom Cruise go through their divorce and their new lives apart from each other. Now I am not one to be focused on tabloids, but I do look for interesting articles that can bring insight into my life and this one did. In...

Summer is fast approaching. Summertime is my most favorite time of year because of all the things to do. I admit going to Disneyland or cross country may not be in everyone’s budget. I have found that there are lots of activities or ideas that do not cost a lot of money. I thought I would share with you my top 10 tips for low cost summertime activities. Find Free Community Events. Your city or...

To be truthful, tracking your spending is not fun or exciting. I have heard a wide range of excuses of why people don’t track their spending. Regardless of the excuse or reason, if you live paycheck to paycheck, are always in debt or have little or no savings then you need to begin tracking your spending. It is essential to making your spending plan work and achieving your long-term financial...

The one thing we love in our house is bread. We use store bought bread for sandwiches, but all our dinner bread, whether rolls or loaves of bread, we make using our food storage. That means that we use our wheat and grind it into flour. There are two side notes before I get into this fabulous recipe. The first is that you need a good grinder for wheat. We do have a hand grinder, but we only use...