Gifts to buy and not much money on hand? You may wonder what you could get that someone would actually want with so little money, to which I say: Lots of things!! Through the first years of our marriage, we only spent about $10 on most gifts for our parents and siblings. With a little […]
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Meal Planning Done for You: $5 Meal Plan Review
You know that I am all about meal planning to save money, save time, and save your sanity (when you’re starving and still have to figure out what there is to eat). I get that not everyone geeks out about planning their meals as much as I do, so I want to give you the […]
5 Ways to Prepare Your Home for Fall If You Have Allergies or Asthma
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Lennox. All opinions are 100% mine. Once it gets cool in the Fall, we end up closing up our house for 5+ months. It’s too cold to open windows and air rooms out. Austin and I suffer from allergies and asthma between the two […]
How to Organize Worn Clothes (aka: dealing with the chair)
What do you do with “in-between clothes”? You know, the clothes that you’ve already worn once but they could be worn again. They’re not quite dirty enough to put in the laundry basket but not quite clean enough to go back in the closet. Do you have a chair? Most people seem to have a […]
My Honest Kindle Paperwhite Review
My Kindle Paperwhite e-reader has been seeing a lot of action this year. In the first seven months of the year, I’ve read twenty books, most of them on my Kindle. (See my books read in 2018 here) So I thought it was time to do a full review of the Kindle Paperwhite. It is […]
18 Sinking Fund Categories You Might Need in Your Budget
Sinking funds are a vital part of our budget! They help keep our monthly budgets pretty much the same even though our spending may vary greatly. For instance, we spend a lot more money in November and December because we’re buying Christmas presents, but my monthly budget doesn’t look any different because I’ve been using […]
5 Strategies for Dealing with Stress
I’ve got to tell you, I’ve been crazy-stressed lately. We’ve got a lot going on and a lot of big life changes coming up. I’m a planner and a worrier. So when I don’t know what’s going to happen and I can’t make plans, I worry. We all go through really stressful chunks of time […]
The Total Money Makeover Review
You can’t talk about personal finance without mentioning Dave Ramsey, right? He’s got a whole empire dedicated to helping people get out of debt. The Total Money Makeover is his book that walks you through his entire seven-step process (a.k.a. the baby steps). I am a fan of Dave Ramsey and his practical approach to […]
How to Fix Up Your House When You’re Broke
Update: I wrote this post about our first house a few years ago and it has been a popular post ever since! It’s got a few updates for you. I still gaze lovingly at the “after” pictures of that kitchen. I loved it so much! When we bought our house, it needed some work a […]
3 Ways to Create Sinking Funds
Sinking funds have been a vital part of our budget almost since the beginning. The day we received a once-a-year bill and had to scramble to get the money together to pay it, I decided that we’d be much better off saving all year round for such an expense. We currently have 12 sinking funds […]
