Simple reward system to get you AND your kids through those long summer days!   I am constantly trying to come up with ways to motivate my kids in doing things they don’t want to do. Now that we are smack dab in the middle of summer and all of our kids are home climbing […]

“I don’t have enough time. I’m too busy. I can’t afford that. I have no money.” blah blah blah, whine whine whine. If you are guilty, like me, of any of these thoughts or comments listen up. There are some universal laws you don’t understand that are perpetuating and recreating your experience of no time […]

  I hope you learned something on saving at the grocery store!  It’s funny how once you start cutting down on your budget it kind of becomes a game… So let’s see if we can find a few other areas you can keep those well earned dollars in your checking account.   First, we need […]

For the better part of my marriage, my husband has been successfully self-employed and I have worked full-time, part-time, and full-time at home. Over the years, our income has been across the board and often unpredictable, from enjoying the security of a nice savings to having no income for nearly a year with baby #3 on the […]

Every couple of months I get the urge to travel, but now that I havethree little ones at home, it is more important than ever to makeevery penny count on vacation. Here are a few of my favorite tips forgetting the most bang for your buck while traveling with children. 1. Prioritize. Before you go […]

  GUEST POST from Lolly Jane We’ve talked a lot about our older sister, Sandee on our blog.  She’s our unpaid manager Today we thought it would be fun to show off her darling living room she created on the cheap.  It really doesn’t take a lot of money to create a cute family room […]

  I love this month’s theme!  No brainer for me really.  I have been a cheap frugal person for quite a while.  Mostly out of necessity, but isn’t that what how most great things are learned?   For the first 13 years of our happy marriage we lived in a 2 bedroom, 1200 sq ft […]

  When my children were little, they would often call out for me to rush into their room after we had tucked in, said prayers, gotten another drink of water and sung one more song. I would quickly go into their room to hear the words, “Mommy, I think there’s a monster in my closet.” […]