Making Small Steps Toward Big Savings
Each month I chronicle our progress on our debt free journey. This is how we did for April 2018. April 2018 Debt Update In April, we paid $1,143.61 on debt. Credit Card: $413.61 Credit Card 2: $0 — no minimum payment due until May Student Loans: $230 Mortgage: $500 If you saw my post in Instagram,… [Read More]
The beginning of the month still gives us cooler nights, but it’s getting warm enough that I can start planting the majority of my seeds throughout the month. The last frost in my area is usually around the 15th. This year, the beginning of April was quite cold, but the end of April is leaving us… [Read More]
May is right around the corner, and it’s time to make our monthly meal plan! Since I switched to monthly meal planning a few years back, it’s legitimately changed changed our meal planning game! I sit down once a month, look at our month ahead, and plan our meals around our schedule. This means there… [Read More]
May is right around the corner. I don’t know how that’s even possible because it seems like we just left February, but here we are. As you start setting up your budgets for next month, don’t forget to add these May budget categories. Lawn & Garden In the northeast, May is when we can… [Read More]
Chicken corn chowder is something that I came across from Hubs’ side. His mom made it often when he was younger, and it became the epitome of comfort food for him. I fell in love with it because it’s simple, frugal, and can be whipped up really fast if you’re in a hurry! I had… [Read More]
Before we started to get serious about paying down debt, we knew we had debts. Between the car, credit cards and our student loans, it was no surprise we had debt. But we didn’t know exactly how much debt. We knew rough estimates on who we owed to who. Let’s be honest, we were having… [Read More]
This dish was a meal I threw together one night, and it’s been a hit ever since. The first time I made it, there weren’t many left overs, and what there was, went quickly as lunches the following day. Either way, the creamy orzo makes for a nice, substantial base without being too heavy, and adding… [Read More]
Each month I chronicle our progress on our debt free journey. This is how we did for March 2018. March 2018 Debt Update In March, we paid $1,145.38 on debt. Credit Card: $415.38 Credit Card 2: $0 Student Loans: $230 Mortgage: $500 You’ll see from above that we’ve added another credit card to the list. That’s the biggest change… [Read More]
As part of keeping track with my 2018 goals, I wanted to hold myself accountable with quarterly updates. This way I could see some progress, but wouldn’t be bogged down with weekly or monthly updates. Here’s my Q1 update on how I’m doing on my 2018 goals. If you’d like to read the goals I… [Read More]
Have you ever had a meal that works, but you feel like you still need a change? That’s where these lasagna stuffed shells came from. I don’t make lasagna often. It’s a lot of prep work, and whether or not the younger kids eat it depends on how high in the sky the sun is,… [Read More]
