This article was originally published in November of 2014, but I felt led to re-publish in order to stress the benefits of preparedness. Preparedness isn’t just for “zombie apocalypse” type of situations, but can help us to weather personal basic emergencies well too. Greetings, friends! Later in the week I’ll have another post on organization, …
Last week I wrote a post sharing about how we feed our family of six for roughly $400 a month. If you haven’t read that post, click on the preceding link and read that one first. This post will go into more of the secrets we use to keep our grocery costs so low. The …
I’ve gotten several requests lately from readers asking how we feed our family of six for roughly $100 a week. We spend roughly $400-$425 dollars a month to feed our family. One sweet gal brought a smile to my face when she wrote “Do you mean $400 twice a month?” Nope. $400 for the entire …
Every year for the kids’ birthdays, we let them pick out their favorite birthday meal for us to eat at home, complete with their favorite dessert as a part of our attempts to have frugal birthday parties. Sometimes the kids do this pretty frugally, sometimes not. Like when one kid asked for a (famous ice …
Hannah over at Unplanned Finance wrote a great post last week about how it was tough when her and her husband first started to work on finances together. Those initial budget meetings were anything but fun. They often led to frustration and arguments. Now though, with some practice, Hannah and her hubby enjoy their budget …
As we work to eat primarily whole foods at our house (sprinkled in with the occasionally delightful dessert), I keep working to find new and delicious recipes that will keep the family “epicurically entertained”. Enter, Cowboy Salsa, or as some like to call it, Cowboy Caviar. Of course, the name means it fits well here …
This post was born out of Ruth’s post on Metacognition in Personal Finance that she wrote last week. In it, Ruth shares: “I know that for all of those years when I maintained and deepened our levels of debt, I wasn’t using metacognition at all. I definitely did as Amy did. When times were extra …
As we continue to educate ourselves on how to pay off our debt and start growing wealth, the money mistakes that caused us to get into debt in the first place are becoming more and more clear. This “clarity” has been tough to deal with as we’ve worked to battle guilt and wanting to …
If you’ve ever watched shows such as Doomsday Preppers (we watch on Netflix for $8 a month), you may have noticed that at the end of the show they give each person, couple or family a preparedness rating. Many times where people lose it on their score is in the area of physical fitness. They’ve …
Selling your car on Craigslist is a great way to make fast money, provided you sell it using the following valuable tips. Cars generally sell pretty quickly on Craigslist when they’re listed properly, in my experience. Getting top dollar for your car and selling it quickly is all about prepping your vehicle well and marketing it …
