Making Small Steps Toward Big Savings
When it comes to foods, my weakness is macaroni and cheese. And soups… I really like the versatility of soups. You can add almost any ingredient together in a pot with some broth, and some delicious magic happens! But back to my weakness… macaroni and cheese. I grew up eating mac & cheese out of… [Read More]
When you start budgeting, it can seem so daunting. At least it was for us. We knew we wanted to get out of debt, and learning how to efficiently budget our money was made a little easier since our income and bills were pretty straight forward. For us, it was the “other” expenses that were… [Read More]
Everyone has one person in their family that’s super picky when it comes to eating food. For this household, it’s Monkey. He’s very particular about things. And by things, I mean – Every. Single. Thing. Everything! We lovingly call him our Shelly, after Sheldon Cooper on Big Bang Theory. He has his own spot at… [Read More]
This month we transitioned to a monthly income versus the weekly income we were used to. I did a few things to help prepare for the transition. First, I made sure to leave a slight buffer from our final December paychecks rather than adding more to our debt snowball. That way any bills due or… [Read More]
Every month when I make our monthly meal plan, I look over our schedule for the month. It’s not because I like to bore you with the details of how busy our month is, everyone’s month is super busy in their own way. It’s simply because a whole month of meals that are long and… [Read More]
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]
