. Hi Reader, I hope you're having a great week! I can't believe it's already the week before Christmas! Are you ready? We are in the sense of the house being decorated, and Christmas gifts purchased, but still need to be wrapped and put under the tree. We're going to drive around and look at Christmas lights sometime soon as well, one of our traditions. I hope you're having a great lead-up to the holiday and the end of the year. If you're looking for some activities to do with your family...
26 days ago • 1 min read
. Hi Reader, I hope you're having a great week! If your kids are anything like mine, once it started getting cold, or the snow came, you suddenly realized they all outgrew their Winter gear from the year before! Here I was, panicked, seeing nothing but hundreds of dollar signs adding up. This was until I realized had some tricks up my sleeves to replace all their Winter outerwear on a budget! Since it's budget related, I wrote this over on my budgeting blog, which you can get to below. Read...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
. Hi Reader, I hope you're having a great week! If you're like me, there are a few people you're struggling to figure out what to buy them this year for Christmas. Luckily, I have a solution. If you want to give a meaningful gift that shows you care about them and their legacy, give them the gift of Remento. A Remento keepsake book is an amazing way to preserve family memories for lifetimes to come! It's so easy to use, there is no writing required, and even grandparents can complete it from...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
. Hi Reader, I hope you're having a great week! Here are my top picks for Black Friday deals this year, which I will continue to update throughout the week. I also have a 60% off sale on ALL my Printables through Saturday, November 29th with code BLACKFRIDAY60! (Including my Thanksgiving Printables!) Use BLACKFRIDAY60 to get 60% off my Printables on Etsy Even if you're not interested in the recommendations in my blog posts, you'd be helping me out greatly if you shop through my Amazon...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
. Hi Reader, I hope you're having a good week so far! Have you ever considered becoming a one-income family? We made the leap over 8 years ago and there was a lot that went into it, to make sure that we could sustain life on my husband's salary alone. This week, I saw a mom on a local mom's group ask about what to consider before leaving her career, so I finally sat down and wrote it all out over on my other blog Easy Family Budgeting. If you've ever considered becoming a one-income family...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
. Hi Reader, I hope you're having a good week so far! After my email last week, I ordered 4x6 Christmas card photos and got 45 of them for just $14. It was awesome. If you missed it, here is the link to learn how plus some pre-designed cards you can use. The link will take you to my budgeting blog, Easy Family Budgeting. Free Step-by-Step Low Cost Photo Christmas Cards Gift Ideas I don't know about you, but we're working on buying gifts for the kids and each other already. I've been updating...
2 months ago • 1 min read
. Hi Reader, I hope you're having a good week so far! Cheaper Holiday Card Tip If you send out holiday cards to family and friends every year but don't want to pay the rising prices, consider designing them on your own in Canva, and printing them through a service like Shutterfly or Walgreens as 4x6 photos. It's significantly cheaper to do it this way. I'm actually trying this out for the first time this year instead of buying the pre-designed ones. There are different designs you can choose...
2 months ago • 2 min read
. Hi Reader, I hope you're having a great week so far! Quick update on my cat...so...she seems to be all better! She gave us quite the scare but it seems that she's on the mend! I'm counting my lucky stars and kind of calling her a zombie cat at the moment, due to the season, but I'll take it! Thanks for sticking with me through that, I appreciate you! Now on to more fun things! Today I'm sharing a Halloween Word Search with you that you can download and print for free! My kids have loved...
2 months ago • 1 min read
. Hi Reader, I hope your week has started out better than ours. I don't mean to be a downer but my blog is "The Way it Really Is" and it isn't all sunshine and rainbows. Trigger warning: death is discussed. A week ago was the 9 year anniversary of when my dear grandpa died, whom I was really close to all my life. Saturday was the 10 year anniversary of when my father-in-law died of cancer at the young age of 65. He never got to meet our kids, which is so sad for all. He would have had so much...
3 months ago • 3 min read