Mondays can be a little painful to move from the weekend back to work mode, so I want to share a motivational item every Monday to kick start our week. It's not necessarily going to be about living on one income, although I hope more often than not that it will tie in with that theme. This is motivation in the form of a quote, a story, a video, or an article or book that I've … [Read more...]
Pay Now, Not Later
If you won't have the money to pay for an item when your credit card bill comes in, don't buy it. Now, I'd like to put that sentence in flashing lights! It's one rule my husband and I have tried to live by since before we were even married. In other words, if you are thinking of making a purchase on credit, but money to pay for that item is not already in your bank account, … [Read more...]
Monday Already?: Marie Forleo
Mondays can be a little painful to move from the weekend back to work mode, so I want to share a motivational item every Monday to kick start our week. It's not necessarily going to be about living on one income, although I hope more often than not that it will tie in with that theme. This is motivation in the form of a quote, a story, a video, or an article or book that I've … [Read more...]
Hand Them on Down
A large cost in a big family is the cost of clothes and the more children you have, obviously, the more it costs to clothe them. Kids move through their clothes so quickly it's hard to keep up. Sharing clothes and accepting hand-me-downs is the best way of cutting down your costs on your children's clothing. My brother and his wife have four sons, my four handsome … [Read more...]
Monday Already?: Big Magic
Mondays can be a little painful to move from the weekend back to work mode, so I want to share a motivational item every Monday to kick start our week. It's not necessarily going to be about living on one income, although I hope more often than not that it will tie in with that theme. This is motivation in the form of a quote, a story, a video, or an article or book that I've … [Read more...]