We got rid of cable in our house a few months ago, but sometimes we still like to watch tv shows. One show we especially miss in our house is Sesame Street. I didn't realize until today that with our Amazon Prime membership comes so many wonderful tv shows and movies! I must have been living under a rock! My little guy and I were so excited to find early episodes of Sesame Street on Amazon. Today we're watching this one: Season 1, Episode 1. It's so fun to watch all the characters being introduced for the first time! The pace of the show was apparently much slower 40 years ago, and J is Keep Reading
3 Tips for Sticking to a Budget While Eating Healthy
Everyone who knows me knows that I love to save money. In fact, I used to have a slight coupon addiction. I can’t stand paying full price for anything, knowing that I will eventually come into contact with coupons or discounts for the same exact item if I can only time my purchase properly. Enter healthy eating. Do you know how hard it is to stick to a budget when you’re trying to eat healthy? It’s nearly impossible! It’s a constant battle between what’s good for my body and what’s good for my wallet. And there aren’t really many coupons for fresh items. You just have to Keep Reading
3 Super Simple Things You Can Do Right Now to Save Money
I would like to thank Giving Assistant for sponsoring this post! When it comes to doing something I don't want to do (like dieting or budgeting), I try to set simple goals to trick myself into thinking it's actually easy. I find that breaking a large goal into manageable bites makes the overall process less daunting. 3 Simple Things You Can Do Right Now to Save Money Today & Over the Long Term 1. Cancel a paid subscription or service you rarely use. Odds are you're a busy person - and do you really have time to process all the input that comes into your life? Find that one Keep Reading
Single Income Family Tips for SAHMs
Do you struggle with finding ways to save money so you can be a stay-at-home-mom? I know I do, and I've been at it for nearly 8 years! Luckily for us, my friend Jaimi has put together a lovely roundup of over 30 blog posts on the topic of living on one income so you can be a stay-at-home-mom. It's part of the Complete Guide for Stay-at-Home-Moms. On the Living on One Income section of the Complete Guide for SAHMs, I collaborated with 11 other bloggers to share TONS of information on the topic of living on one income. Single Income Family Tips Click here to access all of the Keep Reading
New Baby Tax Deductions, Credits & Exemptions – Tax Info for Parents
Welcoming a new baby to the family is a joyous occasion. It’s a year full of celebration, milestones, and firsts. My husband I used to joke that the kids were totally worth it for the tax deductions they got us. Just kidding….we probably woulda had them anyway. :) And yes, we 100% put our first born child in this tax deduction onesie! As a tax accountant, it was my solemn sworn duty! The New Baby Tax Deduction Scramble Jokes aside, newborn babies do come with tax implications. If you have a January through spring baby, you have a little bit of time to research new baby tax Keep Reading
These 5 words will save you AT LEAST $1,000 this year!
I have a habit of attaching catchy phrases to situations in my life where decisions are required. These little phrases help me stay on track without having to over think my decision. I don't know about you, but I really don’t like the feeling of buying something and later realizing it was a waste of money. Truthfully, I regret the small useless purchases as well as the larger ones. I look at that $4 I spent unnecessarily at Starbucks and see thousands that I spent the same way over the years because, at the time, $4 didn't seem like a big deal. But it really adds Keep Reading
How to Find Money in Your Fridge
This is #2 in a series of 14 posts that shares a simple trick for saving money. I don't do well with the DEPRIVATION part of budgeting, but I know that sticking to a budget (at least most of the time) is important for our family's financial health. So I like it when I can find ways to turn saving money into a game. Here's a simple game I like to play about once a week that saves me approximately $40 per month on groceries. ==>> CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Keep Reading
Free Trials & Subscriptions for Moms
Moms work HARD. And I think sometimes we deserve a little something in return (other than love from our children, of course!) :) I have rounded up some of the best free trials and free subscriptions I can find and listed them below. I will update this list as often as possible with great deals, so be sure to check back every so often! Free Online Photography Classes If you have a nice camera and dont' know how to use it, then this is the class for you. Equivalent classes in my area cost between $45-75 per session, so FREE sounds just about perfect to me. :) The class is offered by Keep Reading
Living on One Income – Tips & Inspiration from Real People
When I left my full-time job as a corporate tax accountant to became a stay-at-home-mom seven years ago, I was scared out of my mind. I was so worried we wouldn't be able to survive on one income after living (and spending most of) two equivalent incomes for years. I knew our lives were about to change in a crazy way when our income was all of a sudden cut in half. I know now that going from two incomes to one is TOUGH, but also DOABLE with the right attitude and preparedness. I’ve shared my story before, but I thought it would be neat to see how others approach the task of Keep Reading
100+ Ideas for Saving Money
As a stay-at-home-mom who used to work full-time, I often get asked how we went from two incomes to one. It wasn't easy! When you're used to living on two incomes, eliminating one is painful. If you're currently doing that but want to be able to live on one income so you can stay at home, I put together a Pinterest board just for you. It's called 100+ Ways to Save Money Before Quitting Your Job to Stay at Home with Your Kids This board contains tons of ideas for ways to save money, so make sure to follow along. In reality, I have pinned WAY MORE than 100 ideas for saving money and 13 Keep Reading
How to Get Your Kids to Eat Vegetables – Tips & Tricks That Work!
I have something earth shattering to share with you today. Ready for it? MY KIDS DON'T LIKE TO EAT VEGETABLES What?! Your kids don't either?! I'm glad we found each other. :) Joking aside, I feel like I'm fighting a constant nutrition battle around here. With all the non-nutritious treats and "food" my kids have access to at school and are exposed to by the media, I feel like I spend an unreasonable amount of time making sure they have good eating habits. Ever since my oldest was born 7 years ago (my other kids are 4 and 2), I feel like I've developed quite an arsenal of tricks to Keep Reading
How to Shop Responsibly & Save Money at the Same Time
By night, you can usually find me blogging. It’s the only time where I can fully focus on blogging tasks. But by day, you can find me doing many other things that matter to me. Mostly it is taking care of my 3 little ones, but about 10-15 hours per week you can also find me serving as president of a local non-profit that sends food home with underprivileged children. I honestly don’t have a lot of free time for anything other than taking care of my children and running our household, but blogging is an outlet for me and I LOVE giving back. Helping others figure out how to do the same, Keep Reading
7 Family Christmas Tradition Ideas That Won’t Break Your Budget
As my children move out of the toddler stage, I'm conscious of the need to make recurring memories as a family that they can look back on with fondness later in life. So I've been thinking of family Christmas tradition ideas that I might like to incorporate this year. I also have a penchant for keeping costs low when it comes to family fun, unless we're going on a destination vacation like Disneyworld or the beach. So I came up with a list of 7 inexpensive family Christmas traditions that are low on cost yet high on the potential to stick and becoming a recurring tradition in my Keep Reading
FREE Disney Customized Map & Vacation Planning Video
Before our family went to Disney World last year, we found out as many vacation planning tips as possible from friends and family. We received so much advice (some of it conflicting) that we couldn't possibly take it all. However, two tips we followed and were glad we did were requesting the free resources available to us. By far my favorite thing we got before our trip was a set of customized maps showing which attractions we wanted to see in each park. Since our kids were 1, 3, and 6, we chose all the little kid rides we could. We took those maps with us into the Keep Reading
{{FREE}} Family Photography Classes with Craftsy!
Today I stumbled across something I couldn't wait to share. It's something every mom I know will be super excited about. Free Online Photography Class It's a free course on taking professional quality photographs! It's through a website called Craftsy. Apparently, I've been living under a rock for years and didn't realize Craftsy was a thing. Now I'm ALL ABOUT IT. I just signed up and I'm planning on taking the free photography course either over Thanksgiving break or Christmas when my husband is off work and I have a few free consecutive hours on my hands. I seriously was just about Keep Reading
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