a blog about saving, spending, and living with intention
Hi there! I've recently been feeling some renewed motivation to save, SAVE, SAVE! And I notice that the more I focus on smaller expenses, the more likely I am to faithfully and enthusiastically pursue our family's larger financial goals. Hence today's listicle: 5 Frugal Things. All credit for this style of post goes to two… Continue reading 5 Frugal Things
If you read my last post, you may have seen that I have a long list of fun family activities I want to do before summer is over. These require very little motivation because, well, they're fun. But I also hinted to a list of personal goals that I'm focusing on this summer, and for… Continue reading 5 things I’m currently doing to stay motivated
It's officially summer! This is the time of year when I feel like I start to come alive. It honestly feels as though very specific and very necessary parts of my brain have been hibernating all fall, winter, and spring, and I wonder to myself how I got through the last 9 months without them.… Continue reading My 2020 Social-Distance-Family-Friendly Summer Bucket List
What strange times we are living in... We are way deeper into social distancing/self-isolating than I ever expected we'd be. Hubs has made accurate predictions about how things would play out right from the beginning, but I confess I've been a major doubter, mostly because I haven't wanted to believe it. Now here we are,… Continue reading Pandemic life…
Happy New Year! This past year flew by for us. Below are a few of my favorite moments from 2019. It's no coincidence that they mostly all took place during warm, sunny weather! Did you make a New Year’s resolution? I did. I am going to try to cut my idle screen time/social media use… Continue reading It’s 2020! Cutting down on idle screen time…
Hi, friends! It’s been a while… I got an email the other day notifying me that my domain name and WordPress subscription will be renewing on October 31st, and I will be charged somewhere around fifty bucks to keep my blog alive. Yay! Even though I haven’t posted in like six months, I couldn’t justify… Continue reading The end is in sight! Paying off our mortgage…
In my last "KonMari With Me", I shared the results of my own closet tidy. I purged about 6 garbage bags full of infrequently worn, joyless articles of clothing in an effort to streamline my wardrobe and minimize the visual noise that greeted me every time I opened my closet door. It’s been weeks since… Continue reading KonMari With Me: 5 Practical Strategies for Managing Children’s Clothing Clutter
Hi there, food lovers! It’s me, Sierra. I love saving money on groceries and meals without compromising taste or succumbing to a boring menu of pasta, pasta, and more pasta. Don’t get me wrong, I love pasta. Like LOVE pasta. But, like most things, if you eat the same foods over and over again simply… Continue reading For the Love of Lentils: 5 Reasons to Love Lentils and 3 Delicious Ways to Eat Them
Oh hey, remember me? It’s been crickets over here for about two weeks. I’ve been swamped with reports at work and I simply haven’t had the motivation to write even more at home. Ever notice how, when you feel like you need to make time for something, the more time that passes the harder it… Continue reading I’m back!
I love my oats (if you can’t tell from the simple fact that I've devoted an entire blog post to the topic). So, today I'm sharing 5 reasons to love oats and 5 delicious ways to eat them. And by the end of this post, hopefully you'll be just as convinced as I am that… Continue reading Frugal Food Friday: Ode to the Oat
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