Over the last year, I’ve been making big efforts to consume less sugar. My efforts got a bit more drastic in March when I read The Zero Sugar Diet by David Zinczenko. It’s an awesome book. Seriously, go read it. I don’t ever go on diets. Despite the title, The Zero Sugar Diet is actually […]
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Frugal Ways to Learn a Foreign Language
Austin and I are planning a trip to Italy next year, after our debt is paid off. It has me researching frugal ways to learn a foreign language. (Yes, I realize the photo above is of the Eiffel Tower in France 🙂 ) We definitely want to know and understand enough Italian to be able […]
Easy Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs
The year was 2017. It was the day after Thanksgiving when I finally clicked “add to cart”… Yup, I got me an Instant Pot! Haha, I had been intrigued for a whole year before I snagged one on Amazon’s Black Friday sales. Verdict: I like it! I’m probably not as crazy about it as some […]
5 Strategies to Help You Get Dressed Faster in the Morning
A great way to buy yourself extra time in the morning is to develop some strategies that help you get dressed faster. The whole getting dressed process can be quite the time-suck. If you find yourself staring into your closet, wondering what to wear, or digging through piles of clean or dirty clothes to find […]
How to Find Time to Read More
My goal to read more books this year is already off to a great start! I’ve averaged two books per month, plus I always listen to audiobooks while I walk Mozzie, so I’m getting in a lot of reading in. This goal nicely coincides with my desire to spend less mindless time on social media. […]
13 Things to Declutter From Your Bathroom
Bathrooms collect a lot of stuff. Every time I declutter and re-organize our bathroom (once or twice a year) I’m surprised at how much we’ve accumulated! It all hides in drawers and cabinets and you don’t notice all of the things multiplying until you can hardly shut the doors. So let’s go through the list […]
101 Money Saving Tips
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I made a humongous list of ways to save money. But alas, hardly anyone ever saw it and it got buried deep in this here website. Well, I’ve unearthed this treasure, made it so you don’t have to submit your email address to access it, […]
Debt Free Journey Update #1: The Impossible Might Happen!
Our completely impossible goal is starting to look possible! We set a goal to pay off all of our debt by the end of this year: $15,732, which includes our car and the new roof we had to put on our house. Based on our incomes and what I knew we could throw at the […]
Pizza Night: Amazing Homemade Pizza Sauce
Last week I shared my favorite homemade pizza crust recipe, so now we need the sauce! I’ve tried multiple pizza sauce recipes that I didn’t love. Then for a long time, I just used jars of spaghetti sauce. Everything I tried was just kind of -meh. This recipe has great flavor! Between the garlic, the parmesan, […]
Pizza Night: The Best Homemade Pizza Dough
Austin and I have been making homemade pizza together since we were dating! It’s a fun meal/activity for us and we’re constantly trying to perfect our homemade pizza. We’re always on the lookout for a better dough or sauce recipe. For a long time we were buying frozen dough balls from Sam’s Club because we […]
