A New Journey

     So, this is my very first post on my new adventure.  Recently, I've been told that I should start my own "business" and help others save money by sharing my tips and tricks.  I thought about it for a while and at first I wasn't sure I could do it.  I thought no body would be interested in something like that.  I started out posting the deals I found and the savings I had on my Facebook status.  To my surprise, my friends had questions about how I did it, and how I found the bargains.  So I thought about the idea of sharing this info again and decided to give it a shot.
     I thought about what I wanted to say, and I didn't want to write strictly about bargain shopping and coupons.  Even though I am passionate about saving money, I have other interests too.  I enjoy cooking and have been asked for my recipes too many times to count.  So why not include a section about cooking and share my recipes in one convenient place?  I think I will!
     Along with cooking comes growing my own food.  Admittedly, gardening was not always something I enjoyed.  It started out as my husband's hobby, something he enjoyed and did as a way to relax his mind.  As his day got busier and he had less time to spend in the garden, he would ask me to do things such as water or weed for him.  Then he asked me to harvest things that were ready, such as tomatoes and cucumbers.  The more time I spent in the garden, the more I started to like it.  I started to notice the changes the plants were making as they grew, the birds singing, the crazy things my dog does when she thinks no one is watching.  I was enjoying being outside, thinking about the things I was going to cook with the veggies we were growing, teaching my kids about growing food.  Before I knew it, something I never thought would happen, happened.  I was in the garden, wearing long sleeves (in August), harvesting corn with my youngest son and loving it.  I had become a gardener!
     I look forward to sharing these things with you.  I'm sure there will be mistakes along the way (I'm not the best with computers), and some laughs too, and hopefully we all will learn a thing or two.