So many of the financial challenges of single mothers have to do with day to day expenses. You’ve got to keep the lights on, keep food on the table, pay for transportation, pay for childcare, etc. The list could go on and on, and we’ve got plenty of posts on those topics. But one thing that often gets swept under the rug, in the constant frenzy to deal with the here and now, is preparing for your ...
We Sold the House & Lost a Bunch of Money
I wish I could begin this post by telling you that my over-confidence when getting the house ready for sale was spot on. But, I just can’t do it. In fact, I now have to do the opposite. I’ve got to tell you the truth. I was a naïve, overly-optimistic girl. What I thought would be a walk in the park turned out to be far from it. And now I sit here not calculating how much money we made ...
September 2015 Income Report
September was such a weird month for me. Almost like I was having a mid-life crisis followed by an epiphany. Only, I just turned 29 so I don’t know that you could really call it a mid-life crisis! In August I stepped down from one of my freelance jobs. This was a job that took up the vast majority of my work from home time. After giving it tons of consideration I felt like I was no longer a ...
Consider Your Budget When Setting Up Video Conferencing
Costs can vary greatly when it comes to video conferencing. If you are on a budget you might even be about to use video conferencing for free, but if your operation is large then the cost can quickly add up. If you’re just one person, using Skype on your laptop is probably enough, but the video conferencing needs of a school or business are going to be substantially larger. Software can be ...
How We’ve Inexpensively Acquired Animals + Animal Supplies
My new little farm is growing quite rapidly in the animals department. The last time I did an update on this I stated that we had gone from 1-9 animals in about three months. Add a few more weeks to that and we’ve went from 1 to 22 animals. (Counting the ten chickens.) I haven’t done this by spending gobs of money either. It’s all happened pretty inexpensively. There are three things that ...
My Impulse Purchase That Keeps Giving Back
About a week and a half ago we made the strangest impulse purchase ever. It went something like this: Jamie calls me from work. I answer. Jamie: Hey Gary’s friend is moving and wants to sell his chickens. Do you want them? Me: Uh, I don’t know. Um, how many? Uhh, we don’t have a chicken coop. Are chickens hard to take care of? I don’t know. I was thinking next spring. Like, not right ...