When we cut back on how much we were spending on groceries, there were just some foods I was not willing to stop buying. I make pretty much every meal from scratch, and that means I need to use several different foods to add more flavor and help the dish out a bit. I amContinue Reading..
6 Ways to Help Your Kids Nap at the Same Time
If there’s one thing I crave as an introverted mom of two girls, it’s a little peace and quiet now and then. With my husband running his own business, I’m often the one to get the girls ready in the morning, feed them all their meals, put them down for naps, and put them toContinue Reading..
You Need Extras of These 7 Baby Products
When you start a family and know that your financial burden will naturally increase, it’s easy to wish that you were in a better situation and could afford just about everything under the sun for that little bun in your oven. I am grateful we didn’t have a lot of money when starting our family,Continue Reading..
Irregular Expenses You Forgot to Put in Your Monthly Budget
You’re going along great in the month and then BAM! You get hit with a big car insurance bill due in a few weeks that you totally forgot about. Is it already time to renew? © Kaspars Grinvalds / Dollar Photo Club Does this happen to you a lot with car insurance and other non-monthly expenses throughoutContinue Reading..
How to Make a Mosaic of Your Favorite Picture
The agonizing part of being a photo fanatic is that you have thousands of pictures and they are ALL your favorite. You can’t pick just one to hang on the wall. And, that, my friends, is why I am in love with making photo mosaics. Right before we moved into our house, we celebrated our 5 yearContinue Reading..
10 Fun Movement Songs for Toddlers on YouTube
Being cooped up indoors most of the winter means my girls are itching to run around and jump on everything from the couch to my bed! But with so many fun movement songs for toddlers on YouTube, it can be easy to keep the energy contained to just the living room (or at least the vicinity). ItContinue Reading..
The Ideal Amount to Save in Your Emergency Fund
The events of last year wiped out our emergency fund. We started the year with a decent amount of money in our savings account, but then we had to use most of it to pay for our basic needs throughout the year. © ZIQUIU / Dollar Photo Club I will be forever grateful that we hadContinue Reading..
Eating in Season: Winter Edition
Now that I have two toddlers in the house, I really want to get more variety into our diets. Like most families, we have certain foods that we tend to buy over and over. That really is great for keeping the grocery bill down, but it’s not so great for little growing bodies and keepingContinue Reading..
Think You’re Terrible with Money? Think Again.
I’ve mentioned before that my dad taught me how to budget after I got my first real part-time job in high school. Budgeting seemed easy enough, especially because my expenses were fairly low and I had two goals in mind: to pay off my adorable new-to-me VW Cabrio and save as much money as possibleContinue Reading..
How to Use OneNote to Organize All Your Recipes
I’ve always been intimidated by the idea of putting together a recipe binder. I would love to gather all our family favorite recipes and put them into one easy-to-access cookbook, but it’s been hard to visualize how it should come together. Do I put the recipes in alphabetical order? Wouldn’t recipes by meal make moreContinue Reading..
Winter Bucket List for Babies and Toddlers
It’s so easy for me to keep my toddler girls indoors during the winter because we’re usually dealing with sickness or it’s just too darn cold out there! I’m sure if they were older, they’d be begging me to go play in the snow. © Sunny studio / Dollar Photo Club Of course if IContinue Reading..
The Hardest Part of Raising Two Kids Under the Age of 2
I looked at my sweet baby girl, just two months old, and I realized that I didn’t know her. These past months I had been feeding her, rocking her to sleep, and changing her diaper, but she still felt so distant. It was almost like I was just a caretaker and not her mom. Disclosure: This postContinue Reading..
An Amazing Way to Slow Down Your Spending
I remember it like it was yesterday. We had gotten to a point where we could pay for all our bills each month, save some money, and give. We had also just received a nice tax refund, and it was like GREEN LIGHT! Go spend that money on a few things you’ve always wanted! © AntonioguillemContinue Reading..
10 Healthy and Tasty Meal Ideas for Families in Need
After I gave birth to both of my daughters, people in my neighborhood and some family members brought over meals for about 3 days. It was wonderful. No, downright glorious. I didn’t have to think about cooking, and I got to taste some really yummy stuff that others made. Since I know what it’s likeContinue Reading..
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