The last week of the month is always a bit interesting with our meals since we do a gigantic grocery haul at the beginning of a new month, a very small trip or two in the middle of the month for milk and maybe some fresh produce, and then nothing for the last 10-12 days …
Since we’re rapidly approaching the end of October, I figured I’d best squeeze in a Snapshot of Today post before I ran out of time! I’ve loved doing these every month for the past several months, as it’s fun to look back and see how much things change (and don’t change) as time goes on. …
Ever since the first post in this series that I posted a week ago after cleaning out my refrigerator, I’ve been focusing daily on trying to use up any odds and ends we have before they end up in the trash can. While my weekly record isn’t perfect, we did use up a LOT of …
Several years ago, when we were on a very tight budget, I started looking into all the different ways I could possibly think of to get our grocery bill down as low as I possibly could. I clipped coupons, only shopped the sales, made basically 99% of our meals, and cooked and baked as much …
As I prepare to close the books on my first year of being a flower farmer, I’ve been reflecting a LOT about what I’ve learned, what needs to change, and what my plans are for next year. While I’ve done side hustles before — including doing part-time photography work for years — I’ve never thrown …
Wow, it’s been nearly a year since I’ve done one of these round-ups, so I’d say we’re a bit overdue! While I obviously can’t cover even close to everything we’ve read, done, and enjoyed over the past year as a family, I’ll go ahead and share some of what we’ve been loving recently (with the …
Considering that the last update on our current financial goals showed very little change in our numbers, it was exciting to see some definite forward momentum happening again in this last quarter that just ended! Granted, much of the progress has been due to the monthly Child Tax Credit payments coming in, but we’ve also …
It is officially fall around here, both shown by the calendar AND by what you can see outside — we woke up to a layer of frost on the flower farm this morning, and the huge trees in our front yard are turning gold. The chickens’ egg production seems to be slightly tapering down, and …
