Welcome to Week #5 of Inspiration Tuesday!Last week, we talked about what makes you weird, because honestly, that's probably what you're best at! I challenged both myself and you all to go out and pursue what you're weird at. To put aside your fear, or nervousness about what people will think … [Read more...]
Travel Hack: Timeshares for Cheap!
Guess what? It's almost summer!With summer coming up really fast, and our family desperately needing a vacation, I've been searching for ways to take an awesome vacation on the cheap. You may remember that last September we took a vacation to Branson, Missouri, to Big Cedar, the Bass Pro Shops … [Read more...]
How To Turn Your Blog To Business (even if it’s not that big) – Blogging Business
Blogging is a never-ending thing. Seriously! When you're first starting your blog, you're thrilled when you start averaging 50 page views a day, when you make your first affiliate sale, and when you're featured by another blogger.Then, you hit your next milestone: averaging 100, 500, or even … [Read more...]
11 Beautiful, Free Organizers
If you'll recall, one of my goals for 2015 was storing food in the event of a natural disaster.This means researching, buying, and mostly, organizing all of that food so that it's up off the ground, easy to find, and away from the main part of our house, lest my family steals food from it … [Read more...]
5 Awesome Ways to Spend Your Tax Refund
If you haven't heard, I'm and accountant. And I love it. But it's tax season. Hopefully tax season has been awesome for you (ahem - refund!) but for us accountants it's a pretty tough time of year! We work 70-90 hour weeks and are entrusted with people's livelihoods and their very personal … [Read more...]
Inspiration Tuesday #4
Welcome to Inspiration Tuesday #4!Last week, we talked about keeping life in perspective (you can view last week's here). So tell me, what happened during last week that you were able to keep in perspective?For me, it was just a small thing - my dog ran down the stairs and bumped me while I … [Read more...]
Best Amazon Deals 3/23/15
Welcome to the newest weekly post on Retired by 40! I shop regularly on Amazon, because not only are there thousands of easy ways to earn FREE Amazon gift cards, Amazon has amazing prices on a lot of baby and household good! Prices on Amazon have a habit of changing quickly - so be sure to jump on … [Read more...]
3 Strategic Ways to Boost Your Self-Confidence with Abreva® Cream
I’m excited to share with you a post today that’s all about staying confident even when you’re battling a cold sore. If you suffer from cold sores like I do, you know it isn’t easy to feel confident when you get one. With the first sign of a cold sore coming on I reach for Abreva® Cream to get rid … [Read more...]
5 Steps to Take to Protect Your Child’s Identity
Whether your child is 12 months or 12 years old, chances are you're thinking about their future.For my husband and I, that means saving now for future expenses such as a wedding, or a down payment on a house for our daughter. While we're not paying for her college education, we are preparing … [Read more...]
Bloggers – Want some Pinterest Marketing Freebies??
Do you feel overwhelmed by Pinterest? I was once where you are:On Pinterest 24/7 Pinning hundreds of pins per day Driving miniscule amounts of traffic to my blog Feeling overworked and overwhelmedSound familiar? If so, then you need me!Pinterest generates 60% – 70% of this blogs … [Read more...]
