When the budget has been tight for as long as you can remember, you struggle in the every day. (Or maybe it’s just me?) Somehow, I find myself obsessing over things that I simply have no control; trying to figure out things that seem to have no answer. My husband has a good job, and […] Read more…
Over the last few weeks, I’ve shared ways to get on track with your finances in parts one and two of this series. Today I’d like to share a few more things (and maybe reiterate a couple) that can really make a difference when you are trying to “find” and save money. How can I […] Read more…
The question so many people ask is, “How do I save money when I have nothing left? I’m broke.” That’s the same question we had. We had cut all the obvious things, and made big changes, as I mentioned in part 1 of this series. Let me share with you the next steps of our […] Read more…
Sometimes you need a getaway. But sometimes (or always) money is tight or you have a boatload of little people. Going away to stay in a hotel just doesn’t have any appeal. And sometimes, you agree to go camping because your husband wants go camping. For Christmas, the kids and I gave their daddy a 10 man […] Read more…
Am I the only one who thinks of herself as Anne Shirley or Laura Ingalls Wilder sometimes? I must admit that I love those characters and what the world was like then. Many times I have thought I was born in the wrong time period–I should have been alive during my grandparents’ childhood days. All these […] Read more…
