Home Economics for Broke Butt Dummies

Yeah, you read that post title right. That is exactly what I intend for this blog to be. This will be a place where I can share all my tips and tricks on how to make life work on a budget, and look great while you do it. I will try cover everything on here! Recipes? You got it! Etiquette? Sure! DIY projects? You know it! Heck, I might even do a blow by blow on some Pinterest projects and recipes on occasion... even the ones that fail. (I don't know about y'all, but I've learned a lot more in my failures than I did on the things that came easy.)

The trigger that started all this today was a conversation I had with a dear, sweet friend who is newly married and broke. Bless her heart. Don't we all know that feeling? Neither her nor her husband know much at all about budgeting, much less trying to stock a pantry and settle up a menu for the week. Guys, if you aren't doing that, let me tell you... It makes a HUGE and wonderful difference in your life. I might go over that sometime soon, just to tell you how I do it.
Anyway, at the end of our conversation, we decided that I would create a Pantry Stocking List that she could print out to help her know what she really has to have on hand at home. (I'm also going to make a little, super fast, super easy recipe book for her, but I will tell you more about that later.) I've been managing my own home for going on twenty (yep, 20) years now. Knowing what I need to keep on hand is second nature to me. But, it dawned on me that that just isn't the case for a lot of people these days. There are so many of us that are completely frustrated and even down-right scared to death of all things kitchen related. So we say silly, un-true things like, "I can't______". Let me tell you right now that that is utter horse feathers and I'll not have any of it around here.
Y'all, WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE SET OUR MINDS TO DO. You heard me! Repeat it to yourself. I CAN. Now that you are properly motivated, let's get to doing it!
Here is a .png of the Pantry List I created for my friend. Feel free to use it, if you'd like.

Have a great day, y'all. Feel free to leave your comments on this post, ask me questions, or leave suggestions about something you'd like me to talk about.
But, above all that remember, Mama loves ya!