Making Small Steps Toward Big Savings
This month was an eye-opening month. After trying to find a routine to get back into the swing of things, we had some expenses come up this month that I wasn’t prepared for. While I could concern myself with it, I’m trying to learn from it. With that said, here’s our October 2018 debt update…. [Read More]
November for us brings an end to the chaotic soccer season, and transitions us into a more peaceful schedule. Theater class for my older two takes up two nights a week, and dance class for Lady Bug is one night a week, for a total of three days a week. That’s much better on my… [Read More]
This summer, one of the things we accomplished was to get 2 bushels of peaches processed. Aside from processing them as canned peach halves, I had enough peaches that we could experiment with a few other recipes. These spiced peaches were one of them. While I only did a small batch, they quickly became a… [Read More]
Each month I chronicle our progress on our debt free journey. Since I have been absent for a few months, I didn’t get a chance to update you all on our debt free progress. This is our summer 2018 debt update. Summer 2018 Debt Update Throughout the summer, we paid $6,869.67 on debt. Credit Card: $2,239.67 Credit… [Read More]
After my whirlwind summer, I figured it was time to buckle down and start planning our meals out by the month again. This month, we’ve got our usual after school activities, as well as orthodontist and dentist appointments. Since we’re out four days a week with after school stuff, I’m trying to stick to larger… [Read More]
Since I started this blog a few years ago, I’ve never been shy here about life happening. Life happens all the time. To pretend that things aren’t happening that can affect our debt free journey would be very naive. And while I try to take it in stride, I’m aware that when I get overloaded,… [Read More]
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, this year… [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]
