Are you a VLOG ADDICT?

If you catch yourself tuning in to vlogs more so than your local news, chances are you are a vlog addict.  I can say with a fair amount of certainty that I am a vlog addict. If you do not know what a vlog is, it is like a blog but instead of writing about your subject, you are videoing it!  Below are some of the most popular vlogs that my family enjoys:


Saving Money
On any given night, especially weekends, I find myself watching vlogs.  Now, I could be out at the movies, shopping or anything else that would cost extra money, but it doesn't cost me anything to watch vlogs. Furthermore, I have learned a variety of frugal ideas from various vlogs! The Frugal Freaks    Lydia Senn (Valuable information!)    Centsible Living with Money Mom

Family
As a family, we enjoy watching other family's. What they do for fun, what they like to cook, where they like to go and so much more. YouTube is filled with lots of family vlogs to choose from that your family is sure to love! Our Tribe of Many (We don't miss an episode! Love this family!)    Large Family Table (We LOVE Jamerrill!!!)     Lydia Senn    Raising Arrows      Phillips Fam Bam (One of our families favorites!)     Homestead Tessie

Gaming
My son, he loves his gaming, especially Fortnite. Well, there are streaming gamers whose vlogs are not only entertaining but support the gaming industry and you can learn some valuable skills from watching them play your favorite games. Typical Gamer   Preston Playz #typicalgamer #myballito

Foodies
Cooking, recipes, freezer meals and more! Is this up your alley? Loads of content creators will vlog straight from their kitchen. You will feel like you are in the kitchen cooking with them. They share their recipes, their money saving tips when it comes to meal prep and sometimes you get to go along to the store and shop with them. Jamerrill Stewart Large Family Table  Amy Maryon

Homeschooling
We are not a home-school family, but if we were there are plenty of channels dedicated to home-school. Lots of creative ideas to be had.  The Internet has a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips to aid in your home-school adventure. Large Family Table

Budgeting/Money Matters
Lydia Senn
The Frugal Freaks
Debt is Dum


Shopping hauls
Do you enjoy watching what other folks like to buy from the store? Would it help you with meal preps to see other folks groceries as they are unloaded? This is a very popular subject on YouTube! Anything from Dollar Tree hauls, Walmart hauls, DG hauls, Aldi hauls and more.  Many of these are showing how they coupon shop or how they shop for the best deals. A frugal friend would surely learn some good tips from these channels!   Thrifty Tiffany  Penny Pinching Granny

So you see, if you are not familiar with vlogging, you are definitely missing out. So kick back, go to YouTube and start entering your keywords to search whatever you are interested in.

Let me know in the comments some of your favorite channels.

Freezer Sandwiches - Who Knew?

I have been on a journey over the last couple months to stick to a budget. Ultimately, I want to be a homeowner. So.. budgeting is helping me with savings.  I have scoured endless websites, YouTube videos and blogs looking at various ideas to help me in my endeavor.

One thing I have ran across, on more than one occasion, is "freezer sandwiches".  I know what you are thinking, I thought the same thing, SOGGY! That was until I tried it.

I was watching Jamerrill over at Large Family Table on Youtube. She makes freezer meals for her large family. One of the things she makes and often instills the help of her children with are freezer sandwiches. Some are lunch meat and cheese (condiments omitted) and some are Peanut Butter and Jelly.

She has mentioned in her video that someone had asked her if ever she had a problem with soggy bread and she said no. She also mentioned that she uses wheat bread.  Well, I thought I would give it a try.

Its just me and my two children so I didn't need to make too many, but I started with 24. I made half ham and cheese and the other half PB&J. We would take them out the night before school/work and put them in the fridge, then in the morning we could just grab and go.  We did not use wheat bread and guess what? NO SOGGY BREAD!  I could not believe it! And, it was great! Not hard or stale, it was actually rather fresh. And there have been days when I forgot to take one out of the freezer and grabbed straight from the freezer in the morning and it was good to go at lunch time.

Freezer sandwiches save me money from buying quick foods when I am in a hurry as well as time in the morning. Currently I am making them 3 weeks at a time.

What are your favorite goto meals that you can freeze that save time & money?