Category: Homekeeping

I did not do any grocery shopping in June until the middle of the month because I went out of town for a week. I did not want to go to the store before I left, which makes sense when going out of town. The good news is that my grocery bill for the month […]

This is the Once-a-Month grocery haul for the month of May. I always make a list of ingredients for everything on my menu plan for the month. Then I take an inventory of what I already have. Whatever is leftover, I will order online from Walmart, Kroger and HEB. Certain items I consider staples, I […]

This is a stock-up month, and boy oh boy, did we stock up. In the first week of March, I only bought enough for our Spring break trip and also what I would need that I did not already have for the end of the month. We lived on what we had from the first […]

I am back to posting grocery hauls in a new way. I generally do a very large grocery haul at the beginning of the month of all my pantry items, and I do a once-a-week smaller haul for fresh items if I need any. Nowadays, prices on many items have skyrocketed, so I find myself […]

Black Tie and Jam is celebrating its 3rd birthday! Throughout the busyness of the day, I kept feeling like I was forgetting something. Everyone knows that feeling, right? It was one of those days when a lot of little annoying things happen in the periphery of life, like flat tires and jury duty. At the […]

The movers came and delivered all your large items to your new place. Make sure that they set up the bed and any furniture that was taken apart when they packed it all up. Start unpacking boxes as soon as the movers start bringing them in. You will need the following items to assist with […]

Once all supplies are gathered, you are ready to pack up all your belongings. If you can enlist help from friends and family then this will make life much easier. Believe it or not, you can pack up an entire house in one or two days, depending on how big your space is. I am […]

Moving ain’t for sissies! I mean that in the nicest way! The older one gets, the harder it is. A person’s body just doesn’t have the strength or endurance as it once did. When you are a parent, the older your child comes to leaving the nest, the closer you are to helping them move […]

I took advantage of some Kroger deals last month. From the looks of it, I was in Kroger quite a lot. I should have pitched a tent! Aldi This is all road trip food! 2 Baker’s Treatapple hand pies $1.00 2 BAker’s Treat cherry hand pies $1.00 1 box Baker’s Treat Peanut Butter Wafers $1.55 […]

This is the first grocery haul for the Fall. Back to the business of gathering food for my family. We were out of town a lot during August, so we did not require as much. Prices are up across the board on most things, but surprisingly, some items stayed the same or went down. There […]