When I was younger I never really wanted to be a stay at home mom. I really wanted to work and enjoyed my teaching career. Even when we had our first couple of kids I still wanted to keep my job and I had the wonderful option of a daycare in my school building. Fast …
I have been really inspired by some of the grocery challenges I’ve been reading online and I wondered how cheaply I could feed my family for the week. Now, we are a family of six but two of our family members are under 3 (and one isn’t even eating solids yet!) so I set my …
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Let’s face it – we all have way more stuff than we really need in our homes. I’ve been fascinated recently watching TED Talks about minimalism and frugal living. I know I could really never be a minimalist, but I like the idea of just living with less stuff and having the stuff we do …
This is the ultimate list of places where kids eat free (or almost free) broken down by night of the week. Keep in mind that there are usually restrictions such as an adult entree must be purchased to get the free kids meal. Some restaurants don’t participate or have a different day of the week …
We used to spend a small fortune on laundry soap. My husband does the laundry and he does at least two loads a day – especially now that we are a family of 6 with kids ranging from 0-8. We used to buy All Free & Clear and follow up with Snuggle fabric softener (still both …
In my opinion, meal planning is the number one thing you can do to save money on food. If you carefully plan your meals (especially around what is on sale!) then you reduce last-minute trips to the grocery store or stops at fast food. This has really helped us curtail our eating out expenditures. With …
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I will admit, there was a time when I hated that my mom shopped at Goodwill and other thrift stores. She didn’t do it out of necessity, she is just a frugal shopper – which is why she and my dad are debt-free when they started off with nothing! I wish I could be more …
Guide to Starting a Profitable Blog So you’ve been to several blogs and maybe thought to yourself “I want to do that.” With some very basic know-how and a little time and effort you can! I started my DIY blog in July 2012 when I first started designing patterns for crochet magazines. I just wanted …
I’ve been researching online money-making opportunities for quite a while now and keep coming across articles and blog posts about passive income. But just what is passive income and how do I get it? Let’s take a look at what the term “passive income” means. First, let’s define a few other terms: Active income is …
