If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! ~~ Our 17 year old was the first one to shop for his week of food. Since he can drive, he did the shopping solo. We decided to let him share a few items with a sibling to...
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The other evening on a date John and I got talking about ways to prepare our teens for the future. In the process of our chat, we had an idea for a really fun economics project. We decided to give each kid a shot at shopping for and preparing their own food for one...
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Our power bill has been creeping up lately. Granted, rates increased not too long ago. But in looking at the breakdown that compares this month this year to this month last year, I saw we’re also using more kilowatt hours/month. Since we’re already doing lots of power-saving things, this information displeased me. Nearly every...
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There’s a 40% off sale Thursday only on reusable Tattler canning lids at markdown.com. I’m working on building up my stash of them, so was thrilled to see this price. I have a couple dozen of them so far and have been very happy with how they perform. And– huge favor — if you...
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Remember, even if you don’t have a kindle, you can download Kindle for PC, and read all these books on your computer or other device. I haven’t read these– I just downloaded them to check them out and thought you might be interested in some free reading too.
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Folks wonder sometimes how it is possible to fund college AND retirement when you’re paying the bills for a houseful of kids on a modest income. I’m not going to claim we have it all figured out, but I thought I’d share some of the decisions we’ve made and how we are handling things...
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Do you have financial goals for this new year? What about next year? Here are some of the goals John and I have: Pay off our son’s braces Save for our 2012 family vacation. Save cash for another vehicle. We have a minivan and a full size van, both of which have more than...
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Over the years I’ve gotten into the habit of always looking for the most affordable way to meet my family’s daily needs. Well, almost always. I looooove books, and our budget could use a serious Amazon.com intervention. I’ve got one planned. After Christmas. Ahem. Anyhow. When you habitually look for ways to do things...
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Amazon has a bunch of free Kindle books today. Christmas Dog Healthy Children’s Lunches Money, Possessions, and Eternity Living Successfully with Screwed-Up People Finally, here’s a book for $1.79 that I’ve been wanting to read: Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp. I’ve heard lots of good things about this book from people I...
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The good news is that no one went to bed hungry. The bad news is that I broke down and got the butter out to go with the bread and soup for dinner bringing our grand total for the day to just under $3. Because really, how can you be expected to eat fresh...
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