Happy, Happy New Year! The girls and I made it up until 10:00 pm on New Year’s Eve before watching a countdown and hitting the sack! We played a ton of board games, had some sparkling grape juice, ...
Money Management
How to Makes Ends Meet and Stay at Home with Your Kids More (Even if You’re Single)
Have you ever had one of those mornings when your alarm went off and you just wanted to stay in your warm home instead of having to jump up, get everyone ready, drop the kids off at daycare or school ...
How to Save Your First $1,000 in 2017
Ready to stop living paycheck to paycheck and become more financially secure? A new year is right around the corner, and if you haven't saved your first $1,000 yet there's no better time to get ...
The Case for Adopting a Frugal Lifestyle: Is It Difficult?
If you’ve been reading personal finance blogs for some time, you’ve probably seen the words frugal or frugality used quite a few times. Frugality is not just a fancy word for being cheap. Frugality ...
10 Places to Sell Old Electronics (Even if They Don’t Work)
I was decluttering a while ago when I realized I had four cell phones, one laptop and one tablet lying around, never being used. Getting rid of clutter and not hanging on to physical items is kind of ...
Where I Buy Cheap Essential Oils (That are as Good as Expensive Ones!)
When essentials oils became really popular I refused to try them. I told myself it was all a marketing gimmick and these things surely couldn’t hold up to their claims. Fast forward to about a year ...