I love making our home pretty on a budget! Now that my daughter has moved to her own place, I have the opportunity to do makeovers for her home as well! If I only had more time…But, I do accomplish things little by little. Finding the Perfect Shelf I enjoyed…
Hello! It’s been (again) several months since my last post. I have such good intentions, but I just haven’t had the free time to work much on the blog or my YouTube channel. I’m hoping to make some changes that will allow more time for those hobbies, because I miss…
I can’t believe it’s been a year since we packed up the last of our things and moved from New Mexico to Colorado. For the most part, the days go quickly. I have a house full of busy little ones five days a week and they do keep me hopping.…
While my preference is for warm weather and lots of sunshine and being outdoors, I am also learning to embrace darker and colder parts of the year. Each season does have its own beauty, if we take the time to slow down and enjoy it. Shorter days, colder weather and…
This post isn’t really budget-related. It’s been such a long time since my last post. It was sometime in June of 2022 when I last worked on my blog. We’ve had some major life changes in the last six months. After losing both my parents and a step-parent in 2021…
Because our home is small, I’ve been craving a quiet little spot of my own. Years ago, when we lived in Colorado, I used the money I’d made doing craft fairs to have a little shed built in our back yard. We finished and insulated the interior, and it became…
I’m excited to get back to blogging. I took an extended break to give myself some thinking time and to decide what I want to do with my little blog. My last post was in mid-October, but honestly, since the summer I was having to force myself to write anything.…
I’ve often used this homemade playdough recipe to keep kids busy at the kitchen table while I’m working at the counter. When you’re working away in the kitchen, preparing yummy things for your holiday feast, it’s great to have something to keep the little ones occupied. This playdough recipe makes…
I helped out often in my daughters’ kindergarten classroom. They both had the same teacher, a sweet woman who was a couple of years from retiring. She was so great with the kids and inspired me to go back to school for a degree in Early Childhood Education. One of…
We’re getting organized! Taking the time to get our belongings, home and schedule in order is having a positive effect on our finances. We organized our tools and DIY supplies. We do quite a few home improvement projects. Our tools and supplies were a mess, so we’d buy a tool…