Do You Need an Emergency Fund?
Saving + Investing
Sarah Brumley

Do You Need to Start an Emergency Fund Immediately?

If you’ve ever read any blog post, Pinterest pin, or book on creating a budget, planning for the future, or saving, then you may feel that the topic of emergency funds gets more attention than it deserves. Perhaps you’ve struggled […]

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How to Spring Clean Your Spiritual Life (And Your Home, Too)
Household Systems
Sarah Brumley

How to Spring Clean Your Spiritual Life (And Your Home, Too)

It’s the final day of the Lemon Blessings Spring Cleaning Challenge and it’s been a whirlwind of a week! You’ve accomplished seven days of reflection in your family, personal, and home life, and I hope and pray that you are seeing great results come from […]

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How to Spring Clean Your Personal Life (and Your Home, Too!)
Household Systems
Sarah Brumley

How to Spring Clean Your Personal Life (and Your Home, Too!)

It’s Saturday at last! I don’t know about you, but Saturday morning in my home typically finds us doing all the chores we haven’t had time to finish over the course of the week. Afterward, we normally go to the mall, on a hike, or to the library. The afternoon

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How to Spring Clean Your Marriage (And Your Home, Too!)
Household Systems
Sarah Brumley

How to Spring Clean Your Marriage (And Your Home, Too!)

It’s finally Friday, folks, and the perfect day to talk about one of my favorite subjects: marriage.

Justin and I have been married for 12 years this summer. We’ve been through our share of ups and downs, but he’s still my favorite person in the whole world. I love hanging out

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Podcast
Sarah Brumley

5 Kid-Related Expenses to Consider for Summer Survival

Raising kids and sticking to a budget is no easy feat, especially when summer vacation hits. Today I’m offering five kid-related expenses to consider so that you can embrace the warmer months without the added financial stress. Sound like something you want? Well then, let’s get started. 5 Kid-Related Expenses

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How to Spring Clean Your Friendships (And Your Home, Too)
Household Systems
Sarah Brumley

How to Spring Clean Your Friendships (And Your Home, Too)

We are halfway to the weekend at this point of the challenge. I loved your honesty with regards to our family task from yesterday. It’s wonderful when we can embrace the challenges of change together. If you are joining us for the first time today, I highly recommend that you

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How to Spring Clean Your Family Life (And Your Home, Too)
Household Systems
Sarah Brumley

How to Spring Clean Your Family Life (And Your Home, Too)

We had a great showing for Day 1 of this challenge and I hope you are as excited as I am to have your digital life more organized. I bet I’m not the only one that typed in the old password this morning before remembering changed it. Don’t worry, soon

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How to Spring Clean Your Digital Life (And Your Home, Too)
Household Systems
Sarah Brumley

How to Spring Clean Your Digital Life (And Your Home, Too)

Welcome to Day 1 of the Lemon Blessings Spring Cleaning Challenge. I’m so glad you decided to join us! If you are only in this for the cleaning tasks, feel free to scroll to the bottom of the page and get started. If you are, however, excited about the possibility

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How to Spring Clean Your Life (And Your Home, Too!)
Household Systems
Sarah Brumley

April 2024 Challenge: Spring Clean Your Life

For those times when it’s necessary to spring clean your life (and not just your home).  I love Spring. Everything about the weather getting warmer, Spring Break and even baseball season brings a smile to my face. It’s definitely one of my favorite times of the year. And…with Spring comes

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How to Create the Ideal Budget for Your Family
Budgeting
Sarah Brumley

How to Create the Ideal Budget for Your Family

Want to create the ideal budget for your family but aren’t sure where to start? Well you’re in the right place. Today we’re chatting about three steps to take to ensure budgeting success – no matter how bad your financial situation looks right now. Sound like something you need? Well

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Financial Goals
Sarah Brumley

Rock Bottom Finances: A Blessing in Disguise?

When you’ve hit rock bottom and are absolutely certain your financial situation can’t get any worse, what should you do next? Today I’m chatting about five lessons, blessings you might call them, that we learned from our rock bottom finances. So, if that’s the type of encouragement you need to

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