fine living on a shoestring budget
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about gratitude. As someone who always thinks about money, I can’t help but wonder about money when I think of all the heavy thoughts, such as gratitude. The more I learn about gratitude and the daily practice of it, the more I’m convinced that practicing gratitude can save you…
I tend to talk a big talk when I say things like, “Money can’t buy you happiness”, and “The best things in life are free”. I even gained thousands of new Instagram followers after writing a post about how my mom always told me we were “rich in love”. All of those mantras are true….
When I think of people getting bonuses at work, I always think of that scene in Christmas Vacation where Chevy Chase day dreams about the pool he’s going to put in with his Christmas bonus check. While Tom and I will probably never get a bonus check large enough to pay for a pool, we…
It’s been a really long time since I’ve done a Frugal Friday Update. Two years to be exact! I stopped doing them because these posts take a lot of time and yield very little in return. Yet, here I am writing one. I’ve missed these informal posts with my thoughts on life and money. As…
I want to give a quick update about my mom. Last week I wrote this post about how she was diagnosed with lung and brain tumors. Then I kind of left you hanging! I actually left everyone hanging. Friends and family reached out to check on mom, and I was so overwhelmed by everything that…
I’ve had this blog post sitting in my drafts since May 26th, a day after the shooting in Noblesville, Indiana. Like many bloggers, writing is cathartic for me. So much so that I have lots of posts in my drafts section of my blog that never see the light of day. It’s like a little…
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Happy Friday! It’s time for another week in review post. This is the first week in probably a month that I’ve felt like I’ve had a routine. I love the holidays, but I’m so happy to be back in the daily grind. I can’t tell you how much I love my day to day routine….
Wow! I can’t believe I was able to type up that title: Loans paid in FULL!! I just can’t get over the fact that Tom paid off over $150,000 worth of loans in 7 years. They are paid in full! The payment officially went through this week and we did a bit of celebrating. Sorry…
Well, it’s happened. Robert has his first cast. I guess it’s a right of passage. This has probably been one of the most annoying parenting right of passages I’ve been through. On top of the fractured arm, Robert also has pink eye. When it rains, it pours, right? Here he is all sad with his…
