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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
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…
Are you one of those individuals whose mental state is heavily impacted by their physical surroundings? If you answered no, let me first say I’m a little jealous. If you answered yes, I assure you that you are not alone. Though I wasn't always able to articulate it, I’ve understood from a young age that… Continue reading I’m Going to KonMari my Whole House
It’s FriYAY! We have been dropping like flies around here. Nora caught a stomach bug last week and had a fever yesterday, Hubs has been under the weather, and now I feel the sickness closing in on me. ‘Tis the season for extra hand washing, I suppose! And soup. Lots of soup. If you caught… Continue reading Frugal Food Friday: Batch Cooking & Meal Prep
Welcome back to the Beginner Budgeting mini-series! (Yesterday I introduced the topic of budgeting for beginners. You can find that post here.) Are you frustrated by finances? Drowning in debt? Bowled over by bills? Exhausted by expenses? You may need a budget. I did. No, budgets don’t necessarily solve money problems. They do, however, have… Continue reading Beginner Budgeting: Know How Much Money You Make
Happy Tuesday! It's time. Time for what you ask? Well, I have something super exciting to talk about today. Wait for it… Today’s post is the first in a mini-series about beginner budgeting! [And the crowd goes wild!] Wait, where are you going?! Stay! I promise it'll be worth it. I know what some of… Continue reading Tuesday Tip: Beginner Budget Series Introduction
As I sit down to write my Frugal Food Friday post at 4:00 this morning, I am feeling very uninspired. Why the heck are you up at 4 AM, you ask? I’m a total early bird. I’ve always worked best first thing in the morning, and this is the time I’ve carved out for myself… Continue reading Early Morning Confessions of a Tired Mama
Oh, hey there! Happy 2019! I’m winding down from a week of almost daily celebrations and very irregular sleep patterns, and I have a glorious head cold to show for it. But, in the name of New Year's resolutions, I have mustered up the energy to write up a quick Tuesday Tip about one way… Continue reading Tuesday Tip: How to Make Clutter Management an Easy Part of Your Daily Life
It’s that time again! Time for me to publicly post my progress toward the New Year’s resolutions I laid out for myself in early December. My progress toward some of these resolutions has been commendable, while progress toward others has been abysmal. Regardless, I decided when I shared these for the first time that the… Continue reading Summary Saturday: My Last Check-in Before 2019
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