Two of the main topics I write about on this blog are parenting and family finances (budgeting and more). I titled my blog Humble in a Heartbeat because I wanted to share my failures in both categories and give solutions we can all use to better ourselves. Although parenting and money are very different topics,Continue Reading..
How I Fill My Freezer Without Doing Any Freezer Cooking Days
I bet you know at least a couple people or more who do freezer cooking days once or twice a month. They do this to save both time and money in the future, and it pays off for the most part. But what about those of us who don’t have a big chest freezer? IContinue Reading..
9 Things That Can Help You to Improve and Intentionally Change
I was gung-ho the minute 2014 rolled around to start working on myself. Two seconds later I dropped off that cliff and plateaued. Then something amazing happened Easter weekend. Actually a series of events happened before that, but I didn’t do anything about it until Easter. I got the creative juices flowing for my blog.Continue Reading..
Kids and Food: Eat Your Veggies
Parents tend to say the same thing about their kids when it comes to food: “My kids are terrible eaters. They hate anything that is green or otherwise looks like a vegetable.” Besides the fact that many kids don’t eat all their dinner (which I attribute to not having a strict snacking schedule), they justContinue Reading..
How to Make Rutabaga {or Swede} Puree for Baby
I am a big believer in feeding babies variety. My little Bella turns 1 soon, and she will have tried 50+ foods by that time. Rutabaga is just one of them. Before doing a feeding schedule for introducing new foods to Bella, I had no idea what a rutabaga was. I had seen them atContinue Reading..
How to Start a Pantry Staples List to Save Money
There are so many ways to save money on your groceries each month, but one of the most effective is by having pantry staples on hand. Pantry staples are the ingredients or food you have in your pantry, fridge, and freezer that make it possible for you to make a meal on the fly. TheseContinue Reading..
7 Ways to Save Thousands on Big Ticket Items
In one of my most boring finance classes in college, I actually learned something valuable that can be applied to anyone’s life. The concept was for a business, but it can be translated to this: Invest in large items that will benefit your family or it’s just not worth it. You can’t buy frivolous items that are justContinue Reading..
Solids Feeding Schedule: Month 5 Update
If you are just joining us, this is the 5th month update of feeding my baby homemade baby food. Each update I have given you the details of what foods I introduced to my baby (Bella) during the previous month. Pssst! You can see all my homemade baby food posts right here. Bella is exudingContinue Reading..
Review of “This is My Life” 2015 Planner
I was not paid to write this post. I received a product to review, and I will only review products that could benefit my readers. The opinions in this post are completely my own based on my experience. I was recently given the opportunity to review This is My Life Planner, a beautiful 2015 day planner from MelissaContinue Reading..
4 Tips for Meshing Christmas Traditions
This is our 7th Christmas as a married couple. We both come from completely different cultures and lifestyles, so our Christmas traditions couldn’t be further apart, but we’ve thoroughly enjoyed every Christmas season together. César comes from the southern hemisphere where Christmas is in Summer. That means his Christmas was more like our Independence DayContinue Reading..
Properly Itemizing Charitable Donations on Your Taxes
The Festival of Trees here in Salt Lake has come and gone. I was so happy to be a part of it. I teamed up with my best friend to decorate and donate a 4 foot tree to the Festival. Our theme was Handel’s Messiah, so there were music notes, french horns, bells, and doves.Continue Reading..
How to Make the Most of Bonus Money
In the past, when we’ve received “extra” money from one of our jobs, I wasn’t super strategic about how we used it. This would be my 7th mistake as our family’s finance manager. The extra money I speak of came in the form of a bonus or third paycheck (as opposed to the normal twoContinue Reading..
Kids and Food: Short-Order Cooking
The transition from bouncing baby to teeny toddler dictator happened quite suddenly for Sofía. One day she was a happy-go-lucky, never-complains-about-nothing baby. Next thing I knew, she was telling me what to do…in a not-so-nice tone. Luckily for us, though, she never told us what to make her for meals. I trained her from infancyContinue Reading..
3 Ways to Throw a Party for Less Than $50
This is a guest post from Erin Kelly at It All Matters Mom. My oldest daughter just celebrated her third birthday. In the months leading up to it, she kept talking about having a butterfly party. Since she’s so cute, I had to oblige. I also had to find a way to do it on the cheap. I loveContinue Reading..
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