Making Small Steps Toward Big Savings
December… the time of year when it feels like everything that is humanly possible to take place is being shoved in the few weekdays available before December 23rd. December was hectic for us, as I’m sure it was for everyone. The first three weeks were non-stop between rehearsals, concerts, recitals, try-outs, doctors appointments… and to… [Read More]
Hands down, the easiest time I have making my monthly meal plan is when I have meals that we didn’t make the previous month. Most of the family was down with the flu over Christmas break, so I didn’t get to using all of the meals that were planned out for December, so some of… [Read More]
No matter whether you’re beginning to get your finances together, or you’ve got your finances together more than Warren Buffet, creating good financial habits helps set you up for success in life. To help you get started, here are 40+ financial habits to develop. My personal advice would be to not try all of these… [Read More]
Baked rigatoni is one of those dinners that’s a go-to if I need a meal to stretch out over multiple days. Last week Bookworm has piano lessons on Tuesday and his Band Concert on Wednesday. That’s two days I need to be out of the house and back downtown no sooner than the boys got off… [Read More]
After feeling off kilter the last few months, November was finally a month that I could feel proud of. I was making far better choices when it came to our budget than I have in the last few months, and had made a few extra payments on our snowball beyond just above the monthly minimum…. [Read More]
In grad school, and even back as far as our undergrad years, Tuna Helper was one of our favorite meals that could be made fast. Nights that we had no more than gotten home and one of us had to be back out the door for night class, and Bookworm still had to eat, Tuna… [Read More]
I’ll be honest, before we started budgeting, we had no savings. Well, we had maybe $600 to $1,000 in a savings account, but it wasn’t anything that would realistically and responsibly get us through an emergency. Any “emergency” we did have {like car repairs or large medical bills}, went on a credit card. In the end,… [Read More]
December in our house is a hectic craze before the holidays come. The peaceful schedule we had in November is nothing but a fond memory until January. It’s hectic times like these I’m grateful for monthly meal planning. It saves time, money, and ensures that we’re not eating the same meals each week. If you’re looking… [Read More]
I talk a lot on here about paying off our debt. Up until not long ago, I was breaking down our entire month’s budget by what we spent in each and every category. But it became tedious to do each month when the categories were so similar. It was then that I made the decision… [Read More]
If you’ve been with me for a while, you’ll know that hands down my favorite meal is soup. I’ve posted numerous soups on the site. But when I can get that soup to be made from things I’ve already got on hand? Somehow it tastes even better! That’s exactly what happened with this easy vegetable… [Read More]
