As many of you are aware, gaining control of my family’s debt is one of the big goals I have for 2018. From creating my family’s debt payoff plan, (find out how to put one together here) to implementing my own strategies, to say I have been learning a lot about finances would be an…
To the Adults in my Daughter’s Life, Today, my 9-year-old little girl came home from school hungry. Not because she had a lack of food. Not because she didn’t like what she had taken for lunch that day. No, she came home hungry because had been told recently by an adult in her life that…
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Dieting sucks. Well, it does most of the time anyway. Especially when it comes to finding a mom diet plan. As moms, we are already busy running kids back and forth to activities, cooking upwards of 3 meals a day to keep everyone happy, cleaning, cursing, and chasing little ones. When in the heck do…
So, I feel like it has been a while since I had a “down-to-earth” post for you all. So many changes have happened in my life recently, which makes me think that one is past due. This being said, get ready, because here I go. This year has been one of many changes and realizations…
It is that time of year again. Tax time. You know what that means? Time for those who are getting back tax returns to become rich for a week, and then whittle away their yearly refund. But what if I told you that there are ways to spend your return to make you feel the…
It seems that in the mom community, meal planning is perceived as one of two extremes. Either it is absolutely the best thing to happen since sliced bread (it was actually around way before sliced bread), or it is loathed entirely. Either way, you look at it when you actually sit down and think about…
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To those who know me, you are already aware of the fact that I constantly have 500 things going on at once. Kids, activities, trips, crafts, direct sales, exercise, daily household activities, writing a mom blog; I do them all. The one question I am often asked, is where I find the time to do…
When you decide to create a debt payoff plan, it can seem like an overly daunting task, especially in the beginning. When you have calls coming in 5 & 6 times a day, bills in the mailbox from creditors and collections, and no idea where to start. Yeah, it is overwhelming, to say the least….