Family-Friendly Beaches on Oahu and Maui
There are so many choices to make when planning a Hawaii vacation for your family. We spent time going to …
Family Finances
How to Save Money While Raising a Family
There’s no question that having kids CAN cost a bundle – many estimates are coming in around $250,000 to raise a kid from birth to ages 18 (source). But you’re wrong if you think that you need to go broke raising a family. In fact, with some tweaks to your budget and the way you spend on your children, you might even be able to take a family vacation each year!
10 Things I ALWAYS Buy in Bulk to Save Money
I looooooove The Bang Theory. They finally made a TV show that can compete with Friends as far as I’m concerned. (I very much just dated myself didn’t I?) Anyhow, I was watching Big Bang re-runs the other night, the one where Sheldon (who we know has “extra” money, by the way, despite being a poorly paid physicist) goes shopping with Penny and tells her she should be purchasing her tampons in bulk to save money.
Easy Meal Planning Templates: Save Time and Money!
One of my favorite money saving and time saving tips, (but the one that gets the most eye rolls) is meal planning. It is super simple to do, takes just a short time to create one and will save you not only time but money. Surprisingly more money than you think.
10 Awesome Benefits of Working From Home (for Moms)
Of all the unpredicted twists and turns my life has taken, being a work at home mom is perhaps the …
15 Ways for Stay at Home Moms to Earn Extra Income
If you’re new here (HI! Welcome!) you might not know the story of how this blog came to be. The short version: I had always wanted to work from home, but never quite figured out how. I’d tried lots of different things over the years – photography, travel counselling, making and selling decorative signs, but none of those things were for me.
Enjoy Being a Stay at Home Mom (by doing this one thing)
I don’t hide the fact that it was basically my life’s dream to be a stay at home mom. (In …
Tips for Creating a Bullet-Proof Work at Home Mom Schedule
UPDATE: March 2020 To the many moms (and dads) finding themselves at home with small kids right now: I know …
ITA Matrix: How to Find the Cheapest Flight Possible
ITA Matrix – google’s magic flight finding software. If you’ve never used it before, your whole budget travel world is about to be rocked. (Or your flashy travel world, if that’s how you like to go!)
How to STOP living paycheck to paycheck: 10 Steps to Financial Freedom
Living paycheck to paycheck sucks. How many times have you said (or heard someone else say) – that you couldn’t buy the whatever-you-want until Friday, because Friday is payday?