After five weeks I finally finished redoing Kailyn’s bedroom. It seems when it comes to room makeovers I’m always over confident in the amount of time it will take me. Especially since I thought I ...
Frugal Living
5 Things You Must Do with Your Kids this Holiday Season
As a parent, the holiday season can get you all caught up in determining about what types of gifts you will get for your kids. You know they will be expecting something under the tree for Christmas ...
Christmas Shopping Reminder Day – Nov. 26th
Prior to this year I had no idea that there was an official day to plan out Christmas shopping. But lo and behold, there is! Shopping reminder day always falls on November 26th, which happens to be ...
Using Self-Sufficiency as a Financial Independence Tool
It started with moving to the new house, then I switched my diet to whole foods, and here lately I’ve been glued to homesteading blogs. Little by little an addiction to self-sufficient living has ...
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 ...
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 ...