In the world of blogging, connections are everything. Yes, blogs are born, and are successful because of hard work, but the most successful bloggers are those who network. Those who learn from more successful blogs than their own, and who lean on a support system of similarly-sized bloggers, are … [Read more...]
Mint Bills Just Became a Game-Changer
By now, if you've read any of my Budget Updates, you know two things: 1. We Fail at Budgeting about 50% of the time. But then we try, try again.2. Out budget lives and dies by MintI love Mint.com because it allows me to see all of my accounts, in one place, and track each and every budget … [Read more...]
A Digit Update
You guys,I thought it wouldn't work.You probably thought it wouldn't work.But Digit came through for me, so I wanted to share a quick update today letting your know how much I've saved using Digit, what I'm going to use it for, and give you another opportunity to bypass the waiting list … [Read more...]
Inspiration Tuesday #3
Welcome back!Last week, the Inspiration focused on living in the here and now, taking risks, and making your dreams happen now. Not in one year, or even two, but right now!Today, I'm hoping to keep life in perspective: … [Read more...]
Save Money on Printing Costs
Nothing annoys me more than running out of ink mid-print. Well, that might not be 100% accurate, but there are very few things that annoy me as much as printing a super-important document, and having the ink in my printer give out halfway through. Inevitably, I'm on a deadline, running out of … [Read more...]
Don’t Let Your Kids Spend Their Summer Money
A while back, I talked about why we're not paying for our daughter's college. To much outrage, in fact.In that spirit, I'm going to bring up another controversial thing we're going to do with/for our daughter when she is old enough to work her first job. We're not going to let her spend … [Read more...]
Inspiration Tuesday #2
Welcome to Inspiration Tuesday #2! As I strive to find balance between work/family/blogging/sleep in 2015 (anyone with me on this?) I am finding that focusing on a different inspirational quote each week really helps me to stay motivated to reach my goals, manage my time better, make sleep a … [Read more...]
7 Foolproof & Frugal Daddy Daughter Dates
If you haven't figured it out by now, our daughter is quite the Daddy's girl. In the best way possible, of course. Since he is a SAHD, they're basically glued at the hip, and that's 100% fine with me.But even though I miss her while I'm at work, and really cherish my weekends with both of … [Read more...]
Best Amazon Deals 3/8/15
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...]
Game Night with Hasbro Game Channel
You guys,After the last game night, when we had so much fun, I decided it was time to do it again, this time with Trivial Pursuit from the Hasbro Game Channel, fantastic junk food, and of course, my camera! All last week we were down with that nasty cold that was going around. Our poor kiddo … [Read more...]
