Hi and welcome to my kitchen. As many of you already know I am one of the 3 Moms who started Happy to be at Home. I also have a personal blog, The Happy Housewife.
Kate, Joy and I decided it would be fun to revisit our kitchens since it has been a year since [...]

Susie offers a tour of her home herb garden and shares how she uses each herb. Perhaps you’ll be inspired to start your own herb garden!

Heather encourages us to consider some important questions as families across America face the current recession. How can your family prepare?

It’s Our Big Announcement!
What: The Official Relaunch of Happy To Be At Home
When: January 1, 2009
Where: The same address as always — HappytobeatHome.net.
Who: The 3 Moms (Toni, Joy, and Kate) along with the new addition of 14 fabulous contributing writers.
We hope you’ll all join us back here on New Year’s Day as we officially relaunch [...]

Welcome to the first week of the End 08 Great August Challenge: Face Time With The Kids.
If you are new to Happy To Be At Home, allow us to give you some background information of the End 08 Great challenge.

Do you spend the first half of each year trying to keep up with [...]

We received a Kroger ad flier in the mail today, and when my son was looking it over, he was very impressed that an enormous steak in one of the ads was “…only $4.99! That’s a great price!â€
I had to disappoint him when I told him that the ad said it was $4.99 per pound, [...]

My freezer is one of the most-loved and most-used tools in my kitchen. I take advantage of it in every possible way I can. Even though I do not have a stand alone freezer, I try to have at least two weeks worth of meals in there every month, or at least the ingredients for meals [...]

Back in May of this year, The 3 Moms—AKA Toni, The Happy Housewife; Joy of Five Js; and Kate of A Simple Walk—joined together in their first collaborative effort. They opened their kitchens to their blog readers and shared their budgets, daily meals, recipes, kitchen tips and mishaps for the entire month. The success and [...]

So here we are entering the final week of the July challenge: Conquer the Clutter. We hope you agree with us that it has been very encouraging and inspiring to follow along with all of the conquerors this month. We also hope that you are ready to continue conquering any remaining clutter with us this [...]

Toni’s Menu
I have a full house this week. We will have about 13 people eating with us for most of the week.
Breakfast
Monday- French Toast

Tuesday- Muffins

Wednesday- Whole Wheat Waffles
Thursday- Pancakes
Friday- Cereal/ Oatmeal
Lunches
Lunch—Sandwiches, muffins, smoothies, leftovers, cut up fruit and veggies
Dinner
Monday- Shredded Beef Tacos
Tuesday - Cuban Chicken Salad
Wednesday- Dinner Out
Thursday - Mexican Skillet
Friday - Pizza

Cuban Chicken Salad
Salad [...]