Ya'll, let me tell you. My husband just dropped a huge financial bomb (full-time travel once our girls graduate!) on me the other day that has my brain in overdrive. Not a bad one, mind you, but one that means we will need to add around $100,000 to our savings over the next three years or so. I am ...
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How to Make Homemade Hand Soap
I love to make homemade soaps. It's been a hobby of mine for almost 10 years. I prefer to make homemade bar soaps, but liquids and others are just as fun to make. For the most part, they're also incredibly budget friendly to make too. SoftSoap is already pretty cheap, but if you're looking to save ...
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20 Common Expenses You Should Stop Spending Money On
I grew up poor. When I say that I grew up poor, I mean that my father never earned more than $12,000 a year poor. We lived in run down trailers while my parents skimped and saved every penny they could. Unfortunately, they were a bit frugal and a bit budget savvy but they never made it out of the ...
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Ham, Egg and Cheese Enchiladas Recipe
I am not a morning person. Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you that when I first wake up, I stumble around, mumble my words and am generally incoherent for at least the first thirty minutes. It's this reason that I desperately need - and adore - super simple breakfast recipes. One of my ...
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How to Keep Fresh Food From Spoiling
It's probably not a huge secret around here that I absolutely hate waste of any kind, but I abhor food waste. Food waste just seems to be the worst kind of waste to me. It is a waste of food that could feed your family - or someone else's - and it's a waste of the money you spent to purchase it. ...
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Homemade Ricotta Cheese Recipe
Even though we eat gluten free, my family still loves the taste of a good old fashioned lasagna recipe. With gluten free pasta and other ways to substitute for regular pasta, I am always on the look out for a new recipe to try. To me, lasagna isn't lasagna without a great ricotta cheese recipe to go ...
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20 Frugal Living Resources for the Unemployed
Losing your job is one of the most detrimental things that can happen to a family's finances. If you do happen to have money saved, you may be able to buy your family a few weeks or months of shaky ground before things become truly scary for your budget. If you do not have anything saved, things can ...
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10 Tips for Moving on a Tight Budget
Moving on a tight budget can be stressful, but it doesn't have to be. With these 10 tips, you can save money and make your next move a success.
Moving is never easy, but it can be particularly challenging when you're on a tight budget. Between packing, hiring movers, and settling into your new ...
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17 Zero Waste Swaps Anyone Will Love
Not too long ago, I really began looking into how much waste our family put out each week. We had gotten to the point where we were placing two full trash bins by the curb every week and I was paying an extra $7.00 a month just to have the 2nd bin. When I realized just how much money we were ...
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DIY Healing Salve Recipe for Simple Cuts and Burns
These days, something such as a simple cut or burn could quickly become infected if you weren't able to find the right OTC medicine to help with it. Store shelves are often empty right now and even something as simple as Neosporin can be hard to find. The answer to the problem of empty shelves it to ...
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