prudent living - simple solutions - joyful journey
One of the most frequent things I get asked is how we only spend $400 on groceries a month. First let me say, I struggle to keep it around $400, but that’s what we budget. Second of all, this is going to vary for each of us depending on how many people are in a family, the foods we buy, where we live, how much
First of all, I have to say that one of my favorite things this week was learning that one of my favorite bloggers, Ruth from Living Well Spending Less, featured my budgeting post last week! This is a huge deal for me as I really admire Ruth and her blog! She’s so well known and written books about living well and blogging success. Check it
We had a fun weekend. And it started on Friday! We went to a trampoline park with one of my good friends and her daughter. Beckham jumped till he was worn out. On our way home, we headed by Sonic to grab an ice cream cone and myself a drink. I’m trying a new cleaning method. I’m kind of a binge cleaner and like to
I’m so happy it’s Friday! It means I don’t have to cook (more importantly, clean up) and it’s Easter weekend! We have a low key weekend planned with crossing off to-do’s, church, and Easter egg hunts. I was talking to Beckham on the way to school yesterday about Easter. I asked him if he knew what Easter was (we have been talking about it, as
We live on one income. A teacher’s salary. That’s the one income we are guaranteed each month. We do have some extra money that we earn on the side from Ryan’s reffing job and my Etsy shop, but it varies and comes second to our family. I purposefully used the word “Thrive” in the picture above because I wanted to focus on the positives of
Dear Maddox, Not too much has changed this month, but there are a few things. You don’t sit still for me to rock you anymore. You are always on the go. You started this month off sick with a cold and also got a stomach bug a week after that. I’m pretty sure you’ve been sick once a month since you were 3 months old.
Time for new goals! I love the start of a new month. Especially April. I know April officially starts tomorrow, but I need to post Maddox’s 9 month update tomorrow. The weather is so nice outside, plants are blooming, and it’s time for Spring cleaning (my favorite time of the year). First up, I took a look at how I did with my March goals.
