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I’m a sucker for a cute tag for any type of treats. Therefore, I’ve got a non-candy goodie bag idea for your kiddos with a free printable included. I also have an easy treat idea with some tags I found at Walmart for less than $1.00. My son loves those fang teeth, so we decided to give them to his school friends for Halloween. I
This post contains affiliate links. One reader asked how to not get discouraged when paying off debt. I can definitely relate to this as I experienced discouragement during the 33 months of paying off our house. It doesn’t seem long in the scheme of things, but during the process, I often felt like we would never do it. There were certain things that really helped
I’m so bummed. I have been working so long on a giveaway post and have had glitch after glitch, so I’m postponing it to next Friday. Technology can be very frustrating. On a happier note, we went to the fair tonight (I’m writing this super late). The boys had an absolute blast and I’m praying everyone sleeps in tomorrow! I get to go to a
When it comes to budgeting, most people think of saving money. A good budget is organized, planned, and frugal where you can be. However, there are some items in your budget that benefit from more money put in. These are the top 3 things, we spend more money on in our budget. #1 – Debt and/or Mortgage Debt is such a financial killer on so
Some times I take days to write a well thought out post with very useful information in it. And sometimes I dump my brain on this blog. This post is the latter. A little of my life lately basically. First of all, if you are an Instagram person, you can check out a day in my life if you go to my IG stories. I
I love my “new to me” kitchen. A couple of months ago, we decided to hire someone to paint our cabinets white. I think it’s made a big difference and is much more my style. We hired our good friend, Bob, to paint our cabinets. I did a lot of research on doing it yourself vs. hiring out and hands down, hiring out is the
Before I get into the post, you might notice the graphic above looks a little different than the previous “Ask Me Mondays.” I couldn’t stand having my face on a thumbnail picture like that for a blog series. Just felt weird. So that’s that. 🙂 On my blog survey, a reader suggested posting several “favorites” as a fun post idea. I always enjoy reading personal
