prudent living - simple solutions - joyful journey
God has been tugging on my heart lately in many areas of my life and has been blessing me with answers and just revealing himself so clearly to me! With that, I thought I should give you the real reason we were able to pay everything off in 33 months! If I keep giving you money saving tips and don’t give you this one, I’m not glorifying
Updated 8/20 below in red! I was preparing for my usual grocery run when I came across a great blog about money saving (and tons more) here and I thought I would use her format for grocery shopping/meal planning. It is well organized and neat! I also can share it with you guys each week if I do it this way. My only concern was
We love eating out, but as you know, it can get quite pricey and adds up quick! Ryan and I have always managed to eat out, even with our strict budget. I mean it’s hard to eat all 21 meals of the week at home. Plus with a little one, I prefer to not spend my time cleaning the kitchen three times (and more) a
Now that I’m more involved with the budget, I’ve had more interaction with the “blue book” that holds our life in it (aka…our budget/finances). As I was going through some of our old pages, I ran across a page I thought was very informative! It has recommended spending percentages from your household income. This was based off of some research Ryan did on the internet
An important decision mothers make is whether or not to make their baby’s food or buy it already made from the store. Before I even had Beckham, I knew I wanted to make his food. I knew it was nutritionally better and financially cheaper. That’s what I was told and what I had read. I knew I would be a full-time mom by the time
Well what a weekend. Ryan has been gone all weekend so my mom came over and helped me completely clean out my kitchen and re-organize it. We cleared out SOOO many dishes, pots, pans, decor, cups, etc… Feels so good to get a fresh start. Everything has a place and it’s simple. If I hadn’t used it, it was gone. With that being done, we
Thought I’d post some dinner ideas for this week! Meal 1: Roast I’ve posted this recipe on my blog before. Meal 2: Lasagna Bake You will need box of penne pasta, jar of spaghetti sauce, 1 onion, 1 green paper, lb ground turkey, 16 oz. cottage cheese, 4 cups mozzerella cheese. 1. Cut the onion and green pepper in small dices. Cook pasta in boiling
