I wrote this post a few days ago and I have since been going back and forth on whether or not to publish it. When I was making $1,800/month and living just fine I wanted to be proof that you don't have to make a lot of money to live a happy life. I know that a lot of you are in that position right now where you're just barely scraping by like I was a couple years ago. While I have no intent ...
How I Got By as a Semi- Stay at Home Mom Facing Divorce
This post is from Megan. When my husband told me he wanted a divorce, I had only been working part time for about 1 month. My net pay was only around $900! For the 2 years before, I had stayed home with our little girl from the day she was born. After trying to save the marriage, and coping with the grief, I had to start focusing on my finances. I had to take care of myself, and my daughter all ...
The Pros and Cons of Working From Home
When I first decided to quit my day job and freelance full time I had this naïve vision about how glamorous working from home would be. I still see blog posts like this floating around. While working from home hands down beats any day job I’ve ever had, it’s not all puppies and rainbows. In all reality I absolutely love what I do and wouldn’t want to do anything else. But that doesn’t mean what ...
How to Get Paid to Do Your Taxes
It’s tax time – normally I like this time of year. I’ve ended up with a pretty decent refund every single year except for this one. But hey, that’s just part of being self-employed. ...
I’m Not a Single Mom Anymore……….
Yep, it’s true. I got married! Don’t worry, I wasn’t keeping a big wedding plan from you. It went more like this - we’ve been seeing each for two years ---> I don’t think it gets any better than this ---> let’s just make it official. And so we went and bought a marriage license took it to my accountant/ordained minister ex-boss and made it official. And no, we don’t even have ...
4 Ways to Save on Dog Grooming
Did you know that Americans spend over 45 Billion dollars on pet care each year? That’s a heck of a lot of money. Dogs are the most popular pet with cats coming in 2nd. Surprisingly, cat and dog owners spend about the same amount on food and medications. However, dog grooming and kennel visits push the costs up for dogs, making them more expensive. In 2014 over 4 billion dollars ...