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A few years ago we were looking at swing sets for our kids and you can easily spend $400-$500 on the cheapest ones available! (although if you look around continue reading...
Medical Bills is our families BIGGEST financial struggle- it's no secret. Many teachers have pathetic health insurance- and we are no exception! continue reading...
Do you know how HARD it is to walk into a thrift store and walk out with nothing? I can ALWAYS find something useful at a thrift store! And lately I can continue reading...
Learning how to make your own diy Organic Chapstick recipe is one of my favorite things not only to make but to give as gifts to my kid's friends and their continue reading...
BIG expenses, like a buying and saving for a new car (or new to you vehicle), can be difficult to save for on a tight budget. But it's even WORSE when you continue reading...
The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free Since 1991 the continue reading...
This post brought to you by Conosco. I was thinking today that usually we think of the school year as being the busiest time of year but then summer continue reading...
Boy am I SUPER excited tonight! When we moved to Iowa we scrambled for a bit last fall trying to acquire the right storage we needed in our house for continue reading...
A few years ago we adopted a German Shepherd dog from our local animal shelter. This is our Jenny. The photo above is the day we all met her at the animal continue reading...
Our DIY Homemade Laundry Detergent recipe without Borax has been insanely popular! We started using it several years ago in our continual effort to save continue reading...
I get it.....eating healthy can be expensive! Our family tries to eat healthier and one way we do that is buying fresh produce (organic when we can). No, continue reading...
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Home Depot. You guys know we've been working on a huge project lately - building our own chicken continue reading...
I remember when we first got married almost 9 years ago now that people thought we were just crazy because we didn't pay for cable. We were poor newlyweds continue reading...
Learning how to deal with finances and saving money is something I didn't learn in high school, or even in college. I really think that there should be a continue reading...
Instead of creating party favor bags for each child at the party, many times we have incorporated our little gifts into the party that the kids can take continue reading...
As many of you know we moved from Florida to Iowa last August. It was our giant leap of faith. My husband had been a teacher in the Florida public schools continue reading...
This may seem like a slightly counterproductive post since I just shared with you how we are going to a cash-only grocery shopping system but just play continue reading...
For the last 6 months it seems that everything under the sun has increased our expenses which has been offsetting our normal budget! From needing continue reading...
Thrift stores aren't just for finding good deals on clothes and toys. They can also be a great resource for office supplies! I've seen many pencil continue reading...
Surviving on any tight budget makes the bigger purchases in life stressful. But just because you can't afford to buy things brand new or the continue reading...
We love going to yard sales! Once a year we host a yard sale - but it is a LOT of work! Because we are moving out of state we had a few bigger items to continue reading...
I am a mom to 3, the wife of a teacher, and one VERY busy person! I'll take any tips on saving money in the classroom! We have learned how to stretch our continue reading...
Living on a teacher's salary can be quite grim sometimes to be honest, and many months we are pinching every single penny we can. Since my husband became a continue reading...
Some of you may remember my post about saving money by doing your own photography. Before my first child was born we decided to invest in a nice digital continue reading...
