GrocerySmarts is a great resource to help create your weekly shopping list. It shows which items are on sale at stores nearby you, and which coupons to use with the sale item. I use this every week before I head out to the store. Go to GrocerySmarts.com Select your state Select a store Follow the directions at the top of the page to highlight items and then print a list you can take with you to

Below are couponing tips that I’ve learned since I first began couponing. Some of you may already knows these tips, to others, this may be new. Print coupons in black and white. Set your printer default to only print in black and white. This will save money on ink, since it’s more expensive to print in color. Print 2-3 coupons per page. After you print one coupon, turn the page over to

This week was a canning week for me. Every morning, I canned a batch or two of peaches or peach jam. It's more enjoyable for me if I do a little each day rather than spend the entire day canning and get burned out. The picture shows some of the 21 quarts of peaches and 14 small jars of peach jam that I completed. Yeah! It feels like a great accomplishment to have finished it today. I am still