Who’s excited for summer?! (raises both hand) Although my initial plan was to homeschool throughout the year, we’re further along than I expected and plan to take a break. However, this also means that I have to figure out ways to keep the kids busy this summer. Since we don’t do any major traveling during the …
Frugal Living
This blog post was written as part of a sponsored program for State Farm®. All views expressed are entirely my own. As a business owner, I dread tax season. Gathering receipts, documents and information needed to file, can be a tedious task in itself. For years, I have completed our tax returns using Turbo Tax …
I recently shared our car dilemma and how both of our cars decided to give us problems at the same time. We decided to replace one vehicle and fix the other since one of our cars was not worth pouring money into. Luckily, my husband’s cousin is a former car salesman and gave us tips …
March was the month for financial misfortunes in our home. We own two older vehicles because we prefer to have no car payment, and both broke down this month. One car can be fixed for a few hundred dollars. The other won’t be worth repairing since the cost to fix it is more than half …
For many years, I would spend money without paying attention to where it was going. At the time, we had two decent incomes coming in and I didn’t feel a budget was necessary. Not having a budget certainly caught up with me. After finding myself with very little money left at a time when we …