With both of us working while juggling the girls’ homework, activities, dinners with friends, and church commitments, we are often left struggling to find time to rest. You probably know exactly what I’m talking about – all good things, but no time to recover in between. About a year ago,
One of the hardest things about maintaining a household, especially when kids are involved, is how to get everything done in the mere 24 hours you’ve been given each day. I’ve been asked quite a few times over the past few months, how do I manage to work, raise my
It’s hard to think about budgeting when your income is consistently less than your expenses each month. You might check out Pinterest and have your feed flooded with all the sure-fire ways you can save $5,981 in six months, but you might be simply trying to figure out how you
How are those New Year’s Resolutions coming along? I feel like we made it to March, over two months into new goals and aspirations that we hoped would place us in better situations, in our finances, health, and family, among other things, and it’s time for a little resolution reevaluation.
Over the past few years, there has been a drastic increase in the number of recipes you can use to make your own (insert product here). Along with those recipes and tutorials comes the promise that you will save INCREDIBLE amounts of money yearly if you do so. I’m all
One of my all-time favorite DIY projects is lip balm. It’s incredibly easy to make and this recipe is wonderful for soothing dry and chapped lips throughout all seasons of the year […]
I actually enjoy cleaning if I have the time and the right products to do so. I know, I’m one of those weird people, but there is something about the satisfaction of a clean house at the end of the day that makes all the work worth it. Add in
This past December we created a budget to assist us in paying down debt. At the time, we were consistently spending $600* (or more) on groceries each month for our family of four. Since beginning this budget, we’ve managed to whittle that down to an average of $425 per month.
It’s a dangerous practice: not scheduling adequate rest time, but in a generation that prides itself on the constant go, go, go: how do you make it happen?
Rest is critical for the body; any athlete knows that. If you work out and train every […]
Getting out of debt is not an easy task.
It’s around this time every year that the discussion increases with regards to savings plans, budget creation, and debt reduction. As someone who has tried (and failed) to get out of debt […]
This morning I helped my youngest pick out her clothes for school. She’s normally not too picky as long as everything matches (even if that means everything she is wearing has stripes).
We had a cute black and white outfit put together and I mentioned that she could wear her teal
Everyone has a crazy family. If you can’t find someone in your family that is crazy – a sister, brother, in-law, parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or child – then it’s probably you.
Many are still reeling from […]