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A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY!

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Hi and good morning! Happy Monday! I can’t believe how fast the week went by! Maybe it’s the time of year, maybe it’s the busy spring vibes! Whatever it is I’m hoping it slows down during the summer months!

With being a full time mom of 4 kids, a wife and home maker, days can tend to blur together, some days seem to last FOREVER!

I am trying to enjoy what life is throwing my way and enjoy the stage that’s I am in!

The stage where there is toys everywhere, followed with crumbs, clothes and something sticky!

I have been finding myself with blocking more and more time out for walks around the yard, kicking the ball and of coarse yard clean up! Always something to clean lol!

Something that I have recently started doing is blocking out more but shorter “tidy times”! As I’ve been learning more on how long certain chores take it makes it easier to set certain chores to certain times!

Let me explain what I mean! If I have a 20 minute window to do something before something else is set up then I will try to do either 4…5 minute tasks or I will do a bigger 20-30 minute task!

This has made it a little easier for me to break up whatever is zone that I am working in for that week into smaller bits throughout the week instead of trying to do more than what I need to do in the zone!

I can sometimes I actually get more done in a week in a certain area if I break it into smaller bits throughout the whole week! Instead of working for say an hour each day in the zone, where are some tasks that I’m trying to do that day won’t take an hour and I could actually be spending the rest of that time doing something else instead of being in that zone!

I have a couple blogs about zone cleaning I will leave linked down below! I love Zone cleaning I have done it for years now and it’s just a really nice way to break up your house and break up your chores to stay on top of everything just a little easier!

When I happen to have a chore or a zone that I cannot do with the littles or as easy, I will then try to do my other quicker tasks and easier tasks while they are up, then I take nap time for a bigger chores!

This is another reason why learning time frames for tasks was a little important for me!

With doing it this way, it really made me see how quick I could get some of the stuff actually done! To try to learn to break it up into bits and pieces this is when I can go from doing a quick 10-15 minute clean too quick 30 minute house clean!

When I mean with this is that say I am vacuuming the upstairs stairs, and everything is going okay kids are still playing good. I can then maybe vacuum Mason’s room that’s another five minutes if it’s picked up already oh, maybe I’ll try to vacuum my room that is one of the quickest rooms to vacuum it doesn’t have carpet but I like getting into whatever corners I can. Maybe everything keeps going good and then I can just keep on going well all of a sudden just like that all of the vacuuming is done in less time then telling myself to tackle “the whole house”.

This is were my routines also come in nice! I find this helps me not worrying about doubling the chore either!

Take the evening routine! I find this one probably the most important one too keep!

I find myself not as ancy about chores that I know will be part of the routine! If I need to clean the kitchen, I will take more time tackling other deeper cleaning tasks instead of do basic chores that I know will happen anyways later! Just a different way to help with times and chores!

There is so many things happening with summer coming but, with getting little bit done here and there is a good way for this house to learn to break up the day, and chores to make room for outside life!

I have routine blogs that I will link! I change my routines lots in the year! Depending on the time of year depends on the routine! For the most part they keep the same idea some chores change but the timeline is what can really change of course!

I am learning it doesn’t matter what time of the day the floors get done, or when the sinks get shined! These tasks will be there until I find that 5 minutes to get them in, or wait till the routine time!

“Little by little, task by task, it will a get done”

I hope this helps in finding time for those tasks!

Waiting for supper? Fold some laundry, clean out that junk drawer while your there! A little goes along way!

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Until next week

Have a great day, a wonderful weekend and a productive week!

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BUDGETING ENVELOPE TO KEEP YOU ON TRACK!

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It doesn’t seem to matter, where I go or how I get there money is involved. 💵

When you are trying to save money whether its just a little bit or to budgeting extreme, it seems like there is more that one wants to buy when you know you can’t, or like me and everything in my house seems to break down at once!

Hi and WELCOME to Classy Classics By Kandis! ☕

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I hope you will enjoy this blog about budgeting with some idea’s and tips that I find can really helps.😁

I started budgeting many moons ago, my hubby and myself had found ourselfves in way over our head in debt, when I had decided to change the ways we spent our money trying to get us out of debt these little tips and tricks of tracking and following were what had helped! 🐾

When it comes to money, tecnology is not everyones friend. I am a straight up work better with pen and paper kind of girl! I just recently started being able to do e-transfers and check my account on line lol. 👩‍💻

When it comes to spending money, do you track it?

Do you know in advance what you will be spending and where?

When it comes to budgeting big or little you must know WHERE YOUR MONEY IS GOING!

Did you read the budgeting blog? ⏪

Start there and come back to this… So you are looking to save money!

Have your budget all set out for the month? 📆

I say a month in the beginning as most (expecially with 2020) are getting paid once a month. This is how I get paid, and most payment and bi-weely or monthly! 📅

RIGHT!

Ok still with me? 🤣

Great! 👍

Lets start the actual blog then before I loss you haha.

For the budgeting envelope that is all you need an old envelpe and a marker! 🖍

GOT THEM?

What you are going to do is with your envelope make a line down the middle, and then make 3 across to that you have 4 sqaures down on each side of the line!

MARK YOUR MONTH ON TOP! ✏

Each sqaure is a week, so go ahead and mark the weeks in the corner of each box. This is how you will break down your month for spending as week to week is less intimidaing then a whole month.

With the other blog, it showed you how to find your budget for the month! With your set budget for “spending” you will use this with the envelope! 📩

You can use cash or still use your debit either was KEEP YOUR RECIEPTS!📬

On the first row that is representing the first week, put your gorcery/house budget here, then on the other side of the line put your budget for “other” here.

Now as the week happens as you are using your budget as you put your reciept into the envelope, go ahead and subtract your cost of what you spent on the amount you have on your budget.📈

With this you can take money from your “other” square to your “grocery” and other way but DO NOT TAKE FROM THE FOLLOWING WEEKS! You are trying to save money not borrow week to week! 💰

Lets do a little example:

Let’s say you did your budget ok and it’s:

💲400 grocery 💲200 other 💲600 bills

JUST SAY

So breaking it down there is $100 per week for groceries and $50 for other per week!

There was a sale so you took $125 for the first week, so now you would have $25 for others for the rest of the week.

But, maybe with that sale you know will only spend $50 for groceries the next week. Now there would be $100 for others on the next week if you roll over the weelly budget. OR You can take any money you did not spend that week if you can and put it in for EXTRA debt payments! ⛵

The point is NEVER “borrow” from the following weeks, it will keep you in the snow ball effect, this is not how to get ahead! ☃️

If you are being diligent and keep your reciepts in the envelope when you spend the money, at the end of the week, or the month… however works better for you, this is how you can track ALL YOUR MONEY!💰

This will allow you to see where you over spend. If you go and get a treat everyday even att only $4.00, do that for a whole week and you spent $30.00 on that ONE TREAT! 🍦

STAY TUNED NEXT BLOG IS ABOUT MONEY SAVING TIPS! 🙄

Now that we have talked about the envelope it’s time to put it into action! 🎬

Take it with you, EVERYWHERE!

Put it in your car, purse, put your cash or card in it and take it with you! This is a easy way to track all your money!

When you purchace something determine what side it would belong to, and when your reciept goes in subract the amount and DON’T OVER SPEND! 🚫

No one wants to put things back at the till, or throw it out when you didn’t use it. ♻️

I hope you enjoyed this budgeting blog, give it a like so I know to make more blogs like this one. 👍

THERE IS MORE BUDGETING FUN COMING!

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Let’s get that wallet and budgeting dreams going.

2020 has been hard, but with some hard work it can still be a good year!

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Until next blog, have a wonderful day, a budgeting weekend, and a perductive week!

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The New Normal

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Whether its getting Easter stuff, new splash pants for the kids or just trying to get a jug of milk! The way going out and getting your items is in the past. Out with the old in with the new!

There is limits on everything, line up to get into a store for groceries! This is what I have been told is the new normal!

I have not set out to a city yet, however it’s coming as I am running low on some key items in the house! I have never been so happy to be one who uses cloth diapers!

Keep 6 feet between everyone, don’t see your family, no friends over! This is what they are saying the new normal is?

Hi and welcome to Classy Classic’s By Kandis if your new, go ahead and sign up to follow! If you are returning welcome back! I am or was a stay at home mom with 4 kiddos and a hubby for over 12 years.

My days have definitely changed a bit, with the hit of the pandemic, however things are only different in some regards. These are the “new” things to get used to I suppose!

What is the new normal in our house?

There is really only a couple things that got crazy here when the world got hit! These things are still taking time for me to get used to! I can’t imagine how it is of others who were not a set stay at home mom.

How are you doing?

Do you work strictly from home?

Does your partner stay home, if you have a front line job?

How are you coping with the “new normal”?

I am trying to gather everyone’s thoughts and issues in this house, trying to get them into a groove here!

With everyone in everyone’s bubble all day it can be hard, I’m finding it harder for the kids. The older kid’s are in school, so as our town only has one school from k-12. The older kid’s were still stuck together all day, as they were in the same school, also both will I  elementary school they are still on the same side of school. They however still has their own class and friends that they called their own to seperate them for those hours in school.

Now, as their “new normal,” they share a classroom as it is the kitchen table, they don’t get that time away in their own classroom. They are with each other as we all are in the house right now.

With having such a variety of people and ages, it can get tricky to keep everyone under wraps. Between the kids they are 11,9,3 and 1, so we deffently have our hands full!

In our house the “new normal” is coming together, the kids have their morning, noon and evening routines. However they are not waking up, getting their stuff ready to head out the door for 6 hours, they are coming downstairs and getting ready to do the work at the table.

With school packages coming right to our door, with another couple booklets tp be delivered, I feel wrong routines will help greatly.

When it comes to groceries, we used to do a pickup while kids were in school, when my hubby was still in physio I could run in and back home before naps.

Now our  “new normal”, has us preplanning, where to get groceries, we have been using our local store, but with such a big family, and being from a small community there is essentials that must come from the city.

Thungs tp prethink now like, what day are we going, is there days to wait for a pick up, what day lines up with paydays and possibilities of actually getting what you need!

I was always pretty good with meal planning, however with the “new normal”, I need to figure out how to step up my meal planning! What if there is a limit on what I need more of, what if I just cant get the stuff. There was always a possibility of not getting everything on your order, but the “new” is not getting most items especially common item’s, which is a big part of a stock up city trip! So I am getting ready to do a month quick meal planning to help me with my list, and hopefully have enough other stuff to do, or it should give me a chance to get it somewhere.

In the house they were used to getting used to ready to leave eveyday, even just to go to school. Now the “new”, when do we bust out of the house, who goes cause only one of us can go into the store!

What do we do for family time, that will get everyone out and content. Planning to get out but only once a week, if that is tricky. Ideally i try once every 2 weeks if not longer!

Explaining to the kids in the beginning, that they are not allowed in stored, at the park, out of the vehicle when we are some where! Now a month down the line they know they can’t go in places, like they used to. They know parks and activities are closed.With not being in town is a little easier, as we can at least get out and not worry about others being out!It is getting easier, maybe quicker for us, just as we didn’t do a whole lot out of the house.

How are your kids handling home bound?

How do you break up your days?

How is the “new normal” going for you?

I know we don’t know how long till things start to go back, but in this time, I am trying and so determined to get the best out of this. I am trying to get the house cleaned, no big reservations here as we are still getting settled anyways, hubby is still in recovery from this surgery so not much physical work for him. There is still much that can get done.With spring coming as ancy as I am for everything in the house, we are trying to get as much done for when it warms up more, and the snow disappears.

We are in Saskatchewan so it’s not as nice as some places. Maybe making things easier to be in, but hard also as it’s getting nicer but not summer nice lol. It’s been a long winter here….as always lol.

So how ever you are dealing with the “new normal” I hope you can stay positive, Stay safe, Stay healthy!

Take what you can from this and make memories!

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Look For The Silver Lining!

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When A door closes a window will open!

There Is a silver lining in ever dark cloud!

There is supposed to be a positive with every negative!

It can be hard to seen with everything going on around the world!

The after effects of everything will be another factor into the look for the silver lining I think!

How are you doing through all the covid-19 craziness?

Do you know work from home?

What are you doing for Easter weekend?

With being at home now, and limited access to Easter stuff I better think of something! I have 4 kids, ages 11,9,3 and 1, so the variety of goodies can be a challenge. I always procrastinate and I did it again. I’ll post on my social media pages on what I put together!

As the days are turning into weeks, and months of covid-19!

There is so much still happening, but it’s in our homes, with our family. Not at work with our work family, then home to our family.

Everywhere I go I hear ” I’m so bored at home, all I have is time!”

This is not the case for me! I don’t know if I’m not doing something right? Cause I am more busy now then I was before lol.

Let’s find the silver lining?

Yes!

I am more busy, there is 4 kids and a husband here I will point out. Now the funny thing is it’s just the older kid’s not in school that is different right now! Home lessons are not a problem, I had stuff on hand and with working with, my kids for years with doing some work at home, as I am the mom that will keep up light schooling on holidays and through the summer months.

The younger ones are home anyways these days, I have a 3 year old and a 1 year old.

Our routines have stayed somewhat the same! I think this is something that is making my ancy. I had not got my routines as smooth as I would like. We had some crazy changes I our lives in 2019, and then we get handed 2020.

My routines are out and like a roller coaster, making it hard for me to get my head in a smooth routine.

Silver Lining here is there is always room to improve.

Why not try to figure out routines that will work for everyone. To help with this I made up a quick little hourly layout. Every morning when I sit down with my planner I am trying to get an outline on the day.

My planner! A happy planner, classic size!

This way if anyone is a deer stuck in a headlight they can look at the hourly and see what we are trying to get done that hour.

Quick hourly layout after my planner but still with coffee!

Something I should point about myself is I try to take on everything! “I can do it all,” is what I say. However I can’t do it all, then I just get upset with myself, which is silly as I know I can’t do it all, so why do I keep trying to do it all?

This week I wanted to start my workouts again! Good for me right! Well I feel this is where I will point out, that there is at least one kid up usually a little one by 6:30am. I don’t get everyone in bed till at least 9:30 pm. This has made it oh so hard.

With still having my morning, noon and evening in place, there is really no place for a workout. It is not fun trying to work out with little kids. It’s just not,  especially when you are trying to get your grrr out from then day, have a couple thoughts, maybe class it as me time! Not easy when a kid is climbing on me, playing with my weights etc.

So how to get the silver lining. I just thought I would get up a little early and have some me time, do a workout and then have the kids ups!! Thunderstorm came in, I was getting up at 5:30ish and trying to get my workout in by 6 to be done for 630! Nope, sure not working, some days just getting up, and motivated that early and fast, I couldnt fully focus as I am on a time line, if I slept in I was instantly hit with anxeity cause now my morning is out.

So look at it in a different light. I’m going to try a quick 10 minute workout, at some point of the day, it’s only 10 minutes which is easier to put in to start!

The other night I decided I need to be happier and we deserve better memories through this world pandemic!

I have decided on a new routine for us! With my planner and an hourly layout, there is sliver linings to all the obstacles.

My main planner❤kids school planner and an hourly layout

I am more focused now then ever to get everyone a smooth system, there is lots of together time and emotions can come quicker then normal. A good routine I’m hoping will make everyone calmer.

I had also decided the other night I’m not trying to do it all! I need to shake it off and get everyone taken care of before the “extras” come in! These “extras” are the ” I can do everything.” I want to have good family memories from this, not mad, difficult times!

This has been my wall paper for years on my computer!

How are you doing with the new life style we are in right now?
Have you had to change, recharge then change again the flow of the house!
Do you just go with it day to day, or have a routine in place?

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Have a great day, productive week and great safe weekend!