I was asked by a news outlet today if I would share some commentary around this recent report from the USDA on how much it costs to raise a child. Here’s the blurb on it from The Boston Globe: A message for new parents: Get ready for sticker shock. A child born in 2013 willRead More
Guest post from Liz of The Quick Journey As a momma to four kiddos and one handsome hubby, I am always on the lookout for ways to stretch our money and still live well. Many people think that giving up the “two-income” lifestyle means that everything else goes with it. Sure, you’ll probably need to pareRead More
One of the parts of my next book that I’m especially excited about is that I’ll not just be sharing how to start earning some additional income, but will be giving you a plethora of ideas of businesses you could start or ways to earn additional income. I have put together a long list ofRead More
I was so honored to be interviewed for an article on ProBlogger today. If you’re curious about the how I got started blogging, how long it actually took to make a consistent income, ideas on blogging revenue streams, and tips that will help you be more intentional with your efforts to succeed. Go read the interview here.
Thank you so much for your enthusiastic response to my first How I Saved Today post yesterday. I think this is going to be such a fun post to put together. I’m going to try to get it this feature posted daily. However, I know you all will be patient and understanding if I don’tRead More
My neighbor had told me the week we moved here that all Nashville-area Goodwill stores run a 50% off everything in the store the first Saturday of every month. I’ve been meaning to check it out every single month since we moved, but it finally worked out for it to happen today. Silas had anRead More
For awhile now, I’ve been thinking it’d be fun to have a feature called “How I Saved Today”. This would just be a short post about a specific way I had saved money that day. I can’t promise it will happen every single day, but I’m going to try it out here (hopefully a fewRead More
Iâve been so excited about this giveaway. We ran a giveaway for the Divide-It cash envelope system wallet a few months ago and it was one of our most popular giveaways ever. So I’m thrilled to be doing another giveaway with A Time for Everything — a blog and handmade business run by a husband andRead More
A testimony from Sara My husband and I recently took our ten-year-old daughter on our first family vacation. We started planning two years before the trip so that we could save enough cash to be able to enjoy the trip without having to go into any debt. How We Saved: We set aside any overtime payRead More
I loved this post from Andrea Dekker and thought it was so thought-provoking: About 2 months ago, I shared a post about one of my pet peeves â when people complain about ânot having enough timeâ for various activities. The point of that post (which you can read in its entirety here) is that IRead More