Mid Year Financial Check In
I don't know about you, but July feels like a "calm before the storm" for our family. Here in Metro Atlanta, August 1st is the first day of school, and even though I homeschool my kids, we follow our Continue reading...
Making the Most of Summer: How to Keep Your Finances in Check
I love summer. Maybe it's because I'm from the South, and summer is just when all the activities happen. There's always a BBQ, camping trip, or lake outing. Of course, it's also usually a bazillion Continue reading...
Stop buying Christmas presents and do this instead…
Christmas will be here before any of us are ready for it. But there's one thing you need to make sure you have in place BEFORE you do any Christmas shopping. Serious. Don't do ANY Christmas shopping Continue reading...
How to Keep Up with Life When it Knocks You Down
I've been in a season of life where I honestly feel like I'm drowning most days. Things have been crazy and chaotic. Maybe you've found yourself in a similar life situation where it all just feels Continue reading...
How to Make a Survival Budget to Survive a Job Loss
Job loss is real and painful. I hope that you never have to go through it, but unfortunately, it's a reality that many face. So how do we survive it? Pat and I survived job loss back in 2008 when the Continue reading...
How to pay for home projects without going into debt.
Our home, for the past few weeks, has been total chaos. We've been having some much-needed "freshening up" happening. But my goodness. It's tough when you're a Type-A keep everything neat and tidy Continue reading...
3 Ways to Keep from Wrecking Your Budget
Even though we've been working together to manage our money for years, we still have hiccups with our budget. Unexpected expenses pop up. Or even, as has happened a couple of times, our debit card Continue reading...
How do married couples manage money?
Just a few weeks ago, my husband and I celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary. It's a big deal for us because we both come from divorced families that only made it 15 years ago. So it's exciting to Continue reading...
Back-to-School on a Budget
Here in Georgia, tomorrow is the first day of school. Yep. August 1st, we go back. Long gone are the long days of summer when we actually got three months off. Now it's only two months off. And even Continue reading...
Ways to save on self care
When it comes to saving money, it's easy to pinpoint the biggies - eating out and mindless spending on Amazon. But it's hard to know how to save money while trying to practice the art of self-care. I Continue reading...
