Today I am offering a free printable to help you see your own family needs over the next five years. If we break it down year by year, then we can evaluate what it will take to get there! I’m also sharing the budgeting app that’s helped us stick to our budget and a good… Read More 5 year budget plan printable
As people continue to stock up, it has become harder to find certain items. But I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve: an easy way to limit toilet paper use, trick to double your gallon of milk, DIY sanitizer … I’ve been coming up with ways to make what we have last longer and… Read More 6 ways to make everyday products last longer
When my blog (finally) started making money this year, I decided to give away 20 percent of it. That’s over $4,000 this year that went to show God’s love to others! I want to be transparent about where the money goes because you’ve helped me earn it! By visiting my site, clicking on affiliate links… Read More 2019: Blog tithe money breakdown
Today my friend Sasha is sharing how she spends around $1650 a YEAR for whole food, plant-based groceries! She has an amazing assortment of grains and flours here and even gives us a vegetarian week menu plan as an example. She’s going to make you stop and think about how much you are spending on… Read More $1,650 a year for organic groceries!
Here’s my promise to you: This post on blogging is the most helpful, comprehensive, detailed, realistic, applicable, with the most free resources you have ever read. Sound good?! I’m also sharing exactly how much I make blogging part-time and how you can too. I have read probably 50 posts on “How I make money blogging”… Read More Definitive guide: How to start a blog and make money
I’m going to walk you through each room of my house and tell you how much I paid for the things in them! Now you’re going to see just how cheap I really am! My goal in this is to show you that you don’t have to pay a lot of money to have a… Read More VIDEO: A tour of my super frugal decor
This is the most comprehensive, complete guide to frugal living I have EVER done. It has all my secrets, tricks and ideas that you won’t find anywhere else. I’m going to surprise you, you’ll see. Read it now, bookmark it or pin it for later, because you need this one! Marcello and I have had… Read More 100+ ways to save money
I’m going to do something bloggers don’t do. I’m going to share real numbers. Here is exactly how we profited from our homes and how we afforded our dream home just before our fortieth birthdays. You don’t have to make big bucks to plan and grow wisely. It also doesn’t happen overnight. Nope, this is not… Read More How we afforded our dream home
Ten years ago Marcello and I were renting an over-priced, dumpy apartment with rusty appliances and brown stuff leaking from the shower. We were $18,000 in credit card debt and unsure how we would ever be able to buy our first house. Today we live in our dream home with a guest house for Marcello’s… Read More How we paid $18,000 of credit card debt in a year
What are you saving for? An emergency fund? Home renovation? Pay down debt? Vacation? Whatever it is, you can kickstart that dream by having a spending freeze. I told you last Thursday that we are moving! It’s all very exciting, but also very expensive. Home inspections, appraisals, surveys, mold tests, title reviews, moving, hook-up fees… Read More How to do a spending freeze
If you follow me on Instagram maybe you saw that Marcello and I have started date nights twice a month! We paid off our minivan with our tax refund and money we had saved. (Insert the Carlton dance.) Little savings add up and now we have an extra $300 a month. Keep getting those deals and stashing the… Read More Date night ideas and ways to save
Last month our budget was really off. And that happens sometimes, but the problem is I’m still not sure exactly what went awry! Marcello and I were racking our brains and looking at statements, trying to find what we missed, but never found the answer. So I designed these budget tracker printables to keep in my purse so… Read More Budget tracker envelope printables