Baking Bread

This week, my husband and I have been baking our own bread for sandwich (primarily) use. This was done as an experiment in cost savings, since the bread we normally buy, Franz Organic whatever, is over $4.69/loaf, and we normally go through 2 loaves a week (4 slices a day/5 days a week, minimum). So no, we've eliminated enriched flour and a whole host of ingredients that are not easily recognizable. The result is delicious. 

The other cost savings measure being experimented with is instead of spending $18./week on deli lunch meat, I thought maybe if we bought a turkey and baked it, it would be cheaper. I think we have 2-3 weeks of turkey on hand for lunches for the cost of one week of deli lunch meat. It's a little more effort than walking up to the counter or the shelf, but it's satisfying and makes me feel grounded.

The other news of note. We've paid off all non-house related debts! We've been following Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University for the past year and managed to shed a car payment and both student loans. Now we're on to rid ourselves of our HELOC. I'm also considering changing banks, and finally getting around to doing important things like purchasing life insurance. (Rather important and for some reason, dreaded making this purchase). But, Liam's now almost 2 years old, and we have to think of how we'd get by should one of us depart this earth.

Also need to make wills up and figure out what would happen to Liam if we died. That's difficult to determine, actually, we both have small families and don't want to be a burden on any one's financial situation either.