Can you believe we're already half-way through January already? I swear the older I get, the faster time goes. When we first began the month, I shared our January 2019 personal budget with you. Now, half-way through the month, it is time to update you on how we're doing. My goal … [Read more...]
Family Management Tips
Raising a family is hard sometimes! Between hectic schedules, school work and activities, pets that just won't quit, kids that don't want to listen, finding new ways to save money on kids and everything that comes with a family can be overwhelming for any mom (or dad!). That’s why Stacy Ott, author of Six Dollar Family, shares these amazing family management tips to help you keep an organized family, have frugal family fun all while staying within your personal budget.
Family Management Tips
Because Six Dollar Family focuses on saving you and teaching you how to save money, all of our family management tips are budget friendly too! After all, you can't manage your family and home stress free if you're worried about spending money. From books that teach kids about money to budget friendly organization tools. learning how to build a stockpile, prepare for emergencies and a free printable menu planning package; these family management tips are sure to be a huge help to you and your family!
How We Are Living Frugally in 2019 – Week 2 – What We Ate and How We Saved
January 15, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Oh ya'll. Last week was one heck of a week around our house! So much so that I am actually a few days late getting this post up! I spent the majority of this past week asleep or in bed with a virus or something. I'm not quite sure what I had going on, but I do know that I felt … [Read more...]
35+ Must-Have Organizing Supplies for Any Budget
January 15, 2019 by 1 Comment
Finding amazing home organization solutions is one of those things that almost everyone says their going to do every time we roll around to a new year. Some of us actually pull it off while others end year after year still drowning in clutter. For me, getting organized meant (at … [Read more...]
Beachbody On Demand Reviews – Is Beachbody on Demand Worth It?
January 2, 2019 by Leave a Comment
I have spent the majority of my life overweight and the older I got, the worse my weight got. By the time I was 35, I had topped the scales at more than 300 lb and was the heaviest I had ever been in my life. A lot of things contributed to it. Lack of exercise since I was sitting … [Read more...]
2018 State of the Blog Address
December 30, 2018 by 1 Comment
Ya'll, I'm tired. 2018 has been the literal definition of a roller coaster year for me and mine. In some ways, it has been the best year of my life. In others, it has been the most painful of my life. For Six Dollar Family, it has been a year of getting pushed off and sometimes … [Read more...]
40 Home and Family Printables You Need in Your Life
September 4, 2018 by Leave a Comment
I am such a sucker for a good planner. I love the feeling of being uber organized and home and family printables that I can make into a binder or a planner, help me do that. So when I recently went looking for a moving planner so I can plan a move out of state for our family next … [Read more...]
How to Build a Baby Shower Gift Basket {for Under $25.00} {How to Build a Baby Welcome Basket on a Budget}
June 13, 2018 by Leave a Comment
It seems like everything month or so there is a new baby shower to go to which means unless you're looking for baby shower gift ideas that won't break your budget, you could quickly go broke. Learning how to make a baby shower gift basket though can be both budget friendly and a … [Read more...]
Homemade Dog Treats – Homemade Chicken & Parsley Dog Treats
May 1, 2018 by 1 Comment
It can be quite scary to me the number of pet owners who pay no attention to what they are feeding their pets; dogs especially. There can be so many fillers and Lord knows what else in dog foods or dog treats. It wasn't too long ago that a particular dog food company had to pull … [Read more...]
The Most Beautiful Woman I Never Saw
February 21, 2018 by 14 Comments
I sat in a place yesterday that I wasn’t ready to sit in. It is a place of darkness without being dark; of sorrow and sadness; where tears are the norm and the sound of hearts breaking echo from the halls long after everyone has gone home. I sat in the front row yesterday; tears … [Read more...]
Making Caring for a Loved one Easy with Prevail
December 14, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Thank you Prevail® for sponsoring this post. Visit Prevail.com to get a free sample. When you’re growing up, the thought that someday, you may need to become a family caregiver to a parent usually never crosses your mind. For me though, those thoughts have always been in the … [Read more...]
I’m Stacy, CEO extraordinaire and 1/4 of the Six Dollar Family. I'm on a journey to become a six figure family and I would love if you came along with me! We'll kick off our shoes, sip sweet tea, eat loads of goodies, save some money and maybe even learn a thing or two along the way!
