So, as I'm writing this, we are 21 months into our debt-free journey, that we approximate will take us somewhere between 36 an 48 months.Basically, we're halfway through.We've we weathered quite a few storms as a family, here on the blog, and have seen tons of changes in income, employment, … [Read more...]
How to Save $1,000’s with Meal Planning
Gretchen's Note: Today Retired by 40! is welcoming Kelly Whalen of The Centsible Life, an amazing blog about family & finances. She even has free meal plans on her blog! Take it away, Kelly! It’s dinnertime and once again you’re stuck without a plan. You scan the contents of the fridge and … [Read more...]
Traffic & Blog Income Report – April 2015
During my 1st Year Blogiversary post, I asked you all if you would be interested in my doing both a Pinterest post (since 60% or more of my traffic comes from Pinterest) as well as an income report now that I am actually making some money! Your response was overwhelmingly "Yes!" so I'm going to … [Read more...]
A Day In The Life of A Work From Home Mom
Recently, I switched to self-employment from a regular 9-5 job. This came after realizing that I had been working 75 hour weeks for months, and I was exhausted. I was missing out on the best moments of my daughter's life, and realizing that I really enjoy working for myself!I've been reading … [Read more...]
April & May Budget Update
Good morning! I'm excited to share out budget update with you today, because so many exciting things are happening around the RB40 household! We've been having more success than ever in sticking to our budget, and we're setting ourselves up to save even more!We had some crazy sort of … [Read more...]
14 Frugal Summer Fun Activities for Kids
Oh my goodness, you guys, the weather here in St. Louis is just wonderful!Sure, we've had our fair share of rain, but that means that summer is coming! As a work-from-home mom (a change that just happened, eek!) I've been compiling tons of activities to keep my daughter occupied this summer, … [Read more...]
Why Every Blogger Needs Mailchimp
I love me some MailChimp. Why? Because I'm extremely non-techie, and MailChimp makes sending emails easy, pretty, and affordable for me!But besides that, did you know that MailChimp has tons of exciting features - some you might not know about! - that make sending fantastic emails easy!One … [Read more...]
19 Amazing Summer Popsicles
Summer is nearly here, and while the kids have a weeks (maybe a couple of months) of school yet, if you're responsible for keeping them occupied during the summer, then you know the power of the lowly popsicle.At the grocery store you can spend a fortune on frozen treats, but I'm here to tell … [Read more...]
25 CopyCat Recipes For When You’re Craving Restaurant Food
You lovely people all know by now that we LOVE us some restaurant food.And our budget shows it. Literally every month we fight this mental battle (and lose often) against eating out. We've tried to go cold turkey, we've tried budget for a meal out every now and then, and nothing has … [Read more...]
$50 off With Code “GRETCHEN”
LAST DAY to Enroll in Elite Blog Academy The doors for Elite Blog Academy close at midnight tonight and won’t open again until 2016.Do you really want to wait that long? If not, head here, and use the code "GRETCHEN" to save $50 and change your blog today! We all know just how overwhelming … [Read more...]
