This Thanksgiving is one of the first where I'm actually able to slow down, enjoy the holiday, and start creating memorable traditions. As such, I want to take a minute to talk about a few of the things I'm thankful for, and learn what you all are thankful for as well! … [Read more...]
How To Triple Your Blog’s Pageviews in One Month
Most of us know all too well how overwhelming it can feel to juggle the day-to-day demands of writing a blog with the big-picture strategy of creating a profitable business. I know I've been there, trying to juggle social media, writing, graphics, and all those emails. It's overwhelming, to say … [Read more...]
21 Things Frugal People DON’T Do!
On this journey to become more frugal without sacrificing quality of life, I've learned quite a few things: I've learned what I personally can and cannot sacrifice without feeling like I'm missing out, and I've also learned that sometimes spending money is the truly frugal thing to do. I've … [Read more...]
9 Reasons to Live Below Your Means
While we’re not living WAY below our means, we’ve been slowly but surely chipping away at our debt, lowering our debt payment obligations, and thus learning to live below our means. If you remember a year ago, when I was doing budget updates, we were stretched so thin. We were both working, … [Read more...]
Why I’m Fine Getting A Vacuum for Christmas
We've all heard the stories. Husband gets wife a vacuum for christmas. Wife freaks out. Husband never lives it down. Call me crazy, but I think the wife is the crazy one. Because I would love to get a vacuum for Christmas. … [Read more...]
Which is the Best Online Will Creator?
We’ve put this off for far too long, ya’ll. We’re grown adults with assets, debt, and even a child - so what are we doing wandering around in the world without a will?We have life insurance, a house, cars, and more, so I’m setting out to find the best online will creator! … [Read more...]
4 Strategies to NEVER Let Leftovers Go Bad
In keeping with our theme of keeping our grocery budget under control, one of the things we’ve challenged ourselves to do is eat all of our leftovers before they go bad! We’ve actually been doing really well at this! So well, in fact, that when my mother in law was over last week, she asked us if … [Read more...]
Traffic & Blogging Income Report – October 2014
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...]
October & November Goals
I publicize my blog, financial, and family goals here every month so that I can hold myself accountable - since that was the blog's first and foremost purpose - as well as for feedback from my readers. If you have an opinion, please share it in the comments! October Goals - … [Read more...]
October & November Budget Update
I said that September went by quickly - but I think October went by even quicker! This month we celebrated Baby RB40's 1st birthday, which I then wrote about, and I realized that Christmas is quickly approaching! Also, in September, I instituted Weekly Budget Check-Ins since we've had a rough … [Read more...]
