Ramble Writing of R.D. Hayes

 So along with saving money to help cut out the debt, I am also into finding ways around the house to make things cheaper for us. For instance, I would absolutely love to be able to give my house a make over and darn it, I am going to do it with a low budget but for now, I will continue to save as much as possible to lower the debt that I am in and I was determined to make my own  Homemade Dishwasher Detergent  and by golly I finally did it. It was super easy and it cost me pennies to make. Actually I spent about $15 or so dollars at Walmart to buy the ingredients and you can use the same ingredients to make other homemade cleaning supplies which I need to do a tutorial on those as well for my other  blog . I have so much fun trying to be cheap….is that wrong of me?

 I have so many ideas running through my head at all hours of the day. I can’t keep track half the time and I am always in a rush mode and sometimes I would like to just sit back and relax. The reality hits and hits hard. I plan my day. I am a planner and that’s what I do. I jot down stuff all the time and then I try to accomplish everything in one day but it doesn’t always work and this is where time management comes in. I have to manage my time or it will slowly slip away from me. I have children still living in the home between the ages of eleven and four and so my house is always in  chaos or so it seems. I have been experimenting with different ways to keep things on track and to manage my time along with my household. I work from home and my oldest daughter is homeschooled so things can get pretty hectic around here especially with the start of school coming up and the summer fun ending. I even went and bought me a handy little binder with some seperaters to he...

 Yup it’s me again and this time I want to talk about something that a lot of people do on sites like EBay. I ordered some products from a gentlemen, paid for them, and then waited for them to ship. To my surpise and a few days later, I get this nice little email saying that my money has been refunded and that the person ran out of stock. Well, what do you know. Another wannabe money maker hasn’t figured out how to actually manage an online store. Anyways, I am going to give you a tip that I hope you will take into consideration the next time that you put merchandise in your online store. A lot of people will take photos off of other sites and place them on EBay at a higher price and then when someone orders the merchandise they simply order from the website and then when it arrives they simply ship it to the customer. I am not going to lie, I have done this before but I do it a bit differently so that I don’t run into any problems like the guy up above did. Here is what I do: ...

 I have found that the summer heat can put a huge damper on my AC bill and my AC doesn’t seem to want to shut off since it can’t keep up with this boiling heat that we are having this summer. I have become accustomed to the heat and wear very few clothing when I am inside of my home so that I can keep the air turned up so that it doesn’t run constantly. The less Clothes the More Comfortable: I wear short shorts and wife beater type shirts. I found a kiddie pool at a yard sale and filled it up for the kiddos and let them loose so that they could keep cool as well. Cooking all at Once to Beat the Heat: I have found that cooking dinners all at once and then refrigerating them really helps so that I am not making it even hotter by cooking each night and who really needs hot meals anyways, a sandwich for lunch is always a good idea especially when you have a huge family like mine. If you choose to do this, set aside one day a week to do it and cook early in the morning so that your hous...

  Yes, we all have and some of us call it by a different name but it’s all the same. It’s the stinking junk drawer that piles up and piles up to no avail. If yours is like mine then it is probably time for a good deep cleaning. The  kitchen  is one of the most important rooms in your home and it really needs to be neat and tidy including that dawning junk drawer of yours. There are different ways that you could go about making it work for you but here are a few tips to get you started and on the cheap because we all love cheap. Clear it Out: Take everything out of the junk drawer and dump it on a table. I do mean everything and you will probably be amazed at what all you have in there. I know I hadn’t seen my finger nail clippers in a while. Go Through the Pile: Go through it and take out the things that don’t really belong or things that you know should go in another room. I leave things like tape, pens, and a notepad in mine because these are things that we of...

  Not all bucket list need to be just for what you want to accomplish before you die. Bucket list can be for an array of things but with one goal in mind, to accomplish them. I create bucket list all the time to help me purchase things that I may need for my home, for the car, and for the kids. Here is a free printable bucket list that you can use for whatever it is that you want to accomplish. I keep my bucket list on the refrigerater where I can see it so that I can check my list off as I accomplish them. On my bucket list, or things that I want to buy for the home, is a new oven, a new refrigerater, two new televisions, shoes that I want or that the kids want, and different items for the home and family. This bucket list was created so that you could list things that you want but don’t neccesarily need so that you can know how much they will cost and how you are going to save the money to get it. I save my money for my bucket list by collecting change. I never spend my change bu...

  I slacked off a bit because I had a few yard sales in my garage so I had to take everything down and now I am starting over trying to set everything up once again. My garage is a mess right now and I’m not even going to lie about it. I am suppose to have another garage sale tomorrow in my garage and then I will continue to set it back up. I have dreams for my store and someday I hope to open up a real store in a shopping center. It just takes a lot of time, inventory, and money in order to do this. But I have faith that I will be able to do this one day but for now, I will continue to sell out of my home and garage.