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Fall Savings Series: Free Pet Screen Savers!

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Hello again, spooktacular savers! This is day two of my three month fall savings series here on The Lady Prefers2Save! I am truly excited to be starting a new blog series, and hope that you all will follow along! Each day I will feature money-saving suggestions, tips, recipes, projects, or yard decorating ideas with budget-savvy families in mind! Today’s post centers on a very fun project, screen savers!

 

 

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As you may know I am a fur-parent to several adorable, precocious pups and kittens (they are all fully grown cats and dogs, but will always be kittens and puppies to me) and so I try to not leave them out of my fun each holiday season! Each year, I chose one of my fur-babies to try and either dress them up in a Halloween costume or the like, and use the photo as a Halloween screen saver. This year, my husband’s cat, Shadow Lee, gave us his best face, and for that matter, best eyes. His random shot, sitting on the edge of kitchen counters proved to be a spooktacular photo of his beautiful glowing green eyes, which in addition to my annual screen saver, will also grace our family Halloween greeting card for friends and family alike.

Taking photos of pets, like Mr. Shadow Lee, is a great way to add a little whimsy, on a dime, to your Halloween celebrations! You’re just a right click away from a free, customized pet screen savers of your own. See what interesting photos your own pets can conjure up this Halloween season!

 

Here’s to Fall,

Misty

 

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Weekly Reflections: Highs And Lows From This Week & Weekly Goals For The Week Ahead, 9/14-9/20!

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Hello again, savvy savers! I wanted to end my weekly posts by bring the week to a close with a post about the reflections on this past week.

The highs for the week:

  • Losing two pounds.
  • My chrysanthemums are being to bloom; I planted them last season in a candy corn color blocking pattern, and am psyched to see them this Autumn!
  • Trying to expand my family!
  • The ongoing re-purposing of two rooms in my home, and the beginning of my chalk painting adventures.
  • Continuing a daily devotional.
  • Saving $38.00 on my groceries; this allowed me to only spend $34.56 on groceries this week!
  • Using homeopathic pest remedies on my pets, helping them to stay healthy!
  • Falling back in love with several little things about my husband; the color of his eyes, his humor, his kindness.
  • Receiving words of encouragement from a new-found online friend, Sarah; I will be writing her back this evening as such!
  • Being a co-host for the Merry Monday Linky Party! 

My lows for the week:

  • General dis-contentedness.
  • My husband returning to his educator position this week; I know his absence will allow me to get back into a routine with my family, but we will miss him just the same!
  • Diet plateau!
  • Having to start a new coupon clipping method; post to follow!
  • Out pet cat. Shadow, spraying my kitchen window, twice this week over anxiety issues (two strays have come into our neighborhood), and having to find methods to combat the mess and prevent further issues; there will be a DIY pet-post this week explaining more!
  • Being stuck on a level of Candy Crush Saga, and being adult enough to admit it!

Goals For The Coming Week:

  • Walk 1/2 mile daily.
  • Finish my Motivated Moms Planner Chores daily.
  • Read for 1 hour.
  • Prepare three recipes and a freezer cooking session for the blog one day this week.
  • Finish four upcycled projects to post to the blog.
  • Finish all of my work-related projects ahead of time this week, in the evening, to free up my days more, by7 at least 1 hour.
  • Start writing love letters for my husband, an educator, so when he starts classes back-up next month, he will have one daily with his lunch.
  • get dressed and wear makeup daily, even when not working.
  • Clean out my coupon binder, and start moving to my new method for organizing coupons and blog/videotape my progress for the blog.
  • Sleep eight hours a night.
  • TTC; take vitamins, continue with yoga, etc.

Goal for the Season ahead:

I would love to find several new reader, blogger, or otherwise friends online. I live in a very small community, and often conversation dealing with topics outside of service, children, and the weather is at a premium. I would love to met others, from various walks of life, that wish to discuss, post, and grow in sisterhood, online. If anyone is looking for a new friend, I’m your gal!

What are your goals for the week, I’d love to hear them below in a comment!

Happy Sunday!

Misty

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Weekly Reflections: Highs And Lows From This Week & Weekly Goals For The Week Ahead, 7/20-7/26!

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Hello again, savvy savers! I wanted to end my weekly posts by bring the week to a close with a post about the reflections on this past week.

 

The highs for the week:

  • Losing two pounds.
  • Trying to expand my family!
  • The ongoing repurposing of two rooms in my home, and the beginning of my chalk painting adventures.
  • Continuing a daily devotional.
  • Saving $78.00 on my groceries; this allowed me to only spend $34.56 on groceries this week!
  • Using homeopathic pest remedies on my pets, helping them to stay healthy!
  • Falling back in love with Netflix!
  • Receiving words of encouragement online, from my Aunt Michelle!
  • Being a co-host for the Merry Monday Linky Party! 
  • My husband being able to spend time with his niece, nephews, and brother-in-law; those kids are one of the joys of his life.

 

My lows for the week:

  • Several of my summer plants dying.
  • The outdoors being so humid its hard for mopped floors to dry.
  • My home never seems clean enough.
  • Debating on whether or not to reconnect with my birth mother.
  • Displacing my unhappiness over my own personal stress onto my husband, when he leaves messes, and though I apologize, I feel horrible afterwards.

 

My quote for the week:

In honor of what would have been his 96th birthday this week, “For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” -Nelson Mandela

 

My inspiration for the week:

Being able to cut my home phone and cable, and while I am still finalizing he details of adding other forms of services, I have found that I can now watch more shows, and save $160.00 a month doing so!

 

My humor for the week:

 

 

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My Great Pyrenees puppy (which is funny to say unto itself, as when she stands upright we are eye-to-eye with one another), Lady, has now learned to “give paw,” and this morning when I did not see her giving me her paw, she tapped my behind to get my attention! When I turned to see what she needed, she grinned at me, and in an attempt to give me both her paws, tumbled over grinning; sometimes the greatest joys in life come now from our children, but from our fuzziest children! Puppies are the best!

 

Goals For The Coming Week:

  • Walk 1/2 mile daily.
  • Finish my Motivated Moms Planner Chores daily.
  • Read for 1 hour.
  • Prepare three recipes and a freezer cooking session for the blog one day this week.
  • Finish four upcycled projects to post to the blog.
  • Finish all of my work-related projects ahead of time this week, in the evening, to free up my days more, by7 at least 1 hour.
  • Start writing love letters for my husband, an educator, so when he starts classes back-up next month, he will have one daily with his lunch.
  • get dressed and wear makeup daily, even when not working.
  • Clean out my coupon binder, and start moving to my new method for organizing coupons and blog/videotape my progress for the blog.
  • Sleep eight hours a night.

 

 

What are your goals for the week, I’d love to hear them below in a comment!

Happy Sunday!

 

Misty

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DIY Off! Botanicals Spray!

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Good afternoon, savvy savers! For this weeks Thrifty Thursday post, I want to bring you my recipe for Homemade Off! Botanicals Insect Repellent! Why share this blend so early in the season? This past weekend, I saw the first skeeter of the year! This hack was created last summer, as we in Mississippi had a very mild winter, and the droves of bugs did not have a chance to die off, and so I needed a blend that was both economical, as well as organic and pet, child, and elderly safe!

 

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I am able to make this repellent for $0.15 for 3 cups of repellent, which is a 99% savings over the 1 ounce Off! Botanicals, which costs $6.98 here locally! I mix up a large bathc at a time, and using spray bottles from the Dollar Tree, I keep batches on my patio, garden area, mood room, garage, and one in the car for trips! This blend is a lifesaver for my family!

 

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A word to the wise, this blend does have a slight odor, due to the vinegar, but dissipated within 10-15 seconds of spraying. I have used this blend on everything from myself, family, pets, and even garden plants and water fountains!

Here’s how I make it:

Ingredients:

1 cup boiled water
1 cup apple cider vinegar
2 table spoons vegetable glycerin
1/2 cup witch hazel
1 green tea bag
12 drops citonella essential oil
12 drops lemon essential oil
dried rosemary

Here’s how to make it:

1) Boil 1 cup water, and when water turns to a boil, turn off your stove. Add your green tea bag and dried rosemary, and steep for 5 minutes.

2) Remove your tea bag, and strain your tea of rosemary over a sive, then let your tea cool for 20 minutes.

3) Add your vinegar, glycerin, and essential oils.

4) Then add this blend to your spray bottle, then carefully add your witch hazel to your bottle.

5) Carefully swish your blend together, but do not shake your bottle.

6) Let the blend meld for 1 hour.

7) Shake bottle-up at this point.

8) Enjoy!

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How I Save My Family $625.00 Annually With My Homemade Flea & Tick Remedy!

 

 

 

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Calling all pet-parents! Do you have cats or dogs? If so, then you know all too well the nuisance of fleas and ticks can pose for your furbabies, your family, and your home. As you might know, I have a large furbaby family, including three dogs and three cats, so as summer approaches flea and tick remedies, which can save my family time and money, is a top priority for my home! After my West highland White Terrier, Roxxie, developed a skin allergy two years ago, my vet recommended I try more homeopathic treatments to repel fleas and ticks, as I live in a humid southern state! After some experimentation, I came up with a formula that is safe to wash pets, including small mammals, but is also effective enough to be sprayed on the perimeter of your home as a flea and tick home barrier as well! This remedy saves my family $625.00 annually! 

Here’s how I make it:

Ingredients:

20 cloves
2 cups cold water
Plastic Container
8 oz apple cider vinegar
4 oz warm water
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
12 Drops Eucalyptus Oil

Directions:

1) Take 2 cups cold water and add 20 cloves; seal for four days stirring twice a day, each day.

2) On the 4th day, mix dry ingredients first then slowly add to wet as the vinegar and baking soda will react slightly.

3) Add the clove mixture to the vinegar solution.

4) Put the combined mixture into spray bottle, adding the Eucalyptus oil at the end, and then spray pets down. Be careful not to get in pets eyes.

5) Use this blend, plus one cup water in your home attachment to spray outdoor walls, door frames, windows, and house parameters as well.

6) Retreat pets and home bi-weekly.

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