If you follow us on Facebook, you have likely already heard of the eBook called "Your Grocery Budget Toolbox." If you haven't, you will be enlightened with this interview. Anne is candid and easy to follow. She will give you the tools, tips and tricks you need to get your budget back in shape. She only spends $250 per month on groceries for a family of four, and some of them have food allergies. … [Read more...]
I Have Too Much Debt to be a Stay-At-Home-Mom…or Do I?
July 9, 2012 By 20 Comments
This post is written by contributing writer, Stacy from Stacy Makes Cents. My husband has been giving people financial counseling for years and one thing that repeatedly comes up is the topic of stay-at-home-moms. “I would love to stay at home with my kids all day, but it just wouldn’t work out. We have too much debt. We can’t pay the bills if I don’t go to work.” It’s a sad … [Read more...]
5 Ideas for a Staycation Vacation
June 13, 2012 By 29 Comments
There are those people who hold the belief that being on “vacation” from work means that they must leave their home and go somewhere…anywhere. And then there’s me – Cheapo Stacy. When I’m on vacation, I’d rather stay at home. When my husband is on vacation, I’d rather him stay at home. For some reason, vacations don’t relax me – they drain me. I always need a vacation from my … [Read more...]
Money Saving Moms Budget Giveaway
June 4, 2012 By 37 Comments
Money Saving Moms Budget by Crystal Paine helps you take control of your finances by presenting her most effective strategies designed for families of all sizes and income levels. This book is filled with lots of common sense tips with worksheets to boot. Crystal helps you to break down your goals into easy, manageable steps so you can make all around better decisions with your money. Crystal … [Read more...]
Your Blogging Business Giveaway
June 4, 2012 By 15 Comments
Your Blogging Business: Tax Talk and Tips from Bookkeeper turned Blogger by Nikki Hughes has been so helpful as I have embarked on this venture of blogging and running my own business. My husband and I are very entrepreneurial by nature, and we have several small things going on here and there. This book helped us file our taxes this last year, and it will help us file our taxes next year. My … [Read more...]
From Debtor to Better Giveaway
June 4, 2012 By 32 Comments
From Debtor to Better: The Details of Debt and How to Get Out by Barry Myers is one of my favorite financial books. You can read my complete review here. In short, before sitting down to read From Debtor to Better, my husband and I were weary. We needed help opening the lines of communication between us, direction on how to establish a budget that truly works for us, and a hefty dose of … [Read more...]
Save Time and Money with These 10 Tips for a Cross Country Move
May 10, 2012 By 11 Comments
Moving is hard regardless of whether you are moving across the country or just around the corner. In my lifetime, I've moved eighteen times, and no my family is not in the military. Well, my brother is, but he's not the reason I've moved so much. As you know, we recently moved 1,500 miles across the country from East Tennessee to the Northwest quadrant of Colorado (aka, High Rockies). We … [Read more...]
Your Blogging Business: Tax Talk and Tips from a Bookkeeper Turned Blogger {Review & Giveaway}
February 10, 2012 By 6 Comments
Are you ready for taxes? I sure wasn't ... until I read Your Blogging Business: Tax Talk and Tips from a Bookkeeper turned Blogger! You see, I’m a writer. I like words. I do not do numbers. The man of my prayers laughs that I get a calculator out to add 7 + 5. It’s sad. I’m really that bad. In my defense though, I can keep a mad spreadsheet. It does the numbers for me. Anyways, the … [Read more...]
From Debtor to Better Winner Announced and Discount Code
January 23, 2012 By 3 Comments
I have to say, I am overwhelmed by the comments I have received in response to last week's revealing of my family's finances, as well as the giveaway of Barry's book From Debtor to Better. I have read each and every one of your comments and emails. I am slowly making my way through them all, and I hope to personally respond to each of you very soon. I am so blessed by the readers here at … [Read more...]
Book Review {and Giveaway}: From Debtor to Better by Barry Myers
January 18, 2012 By 14 Comments
Yesterday, I explained to you that God doesn’t want your money. I shared my family’s struggles with finances, as well as alluded to a book that helped my husband and I tremendously in setting goals for 2012. Today, I want to share with you the book that changed the way I look at finances. From Debtor to Better: The Details of Debt and How to Get Out by Barry Myers was passed on to me to … [Read more...]
