Every summer for the past several years, I’ve been creating a summer reading list for myself of sorts. This year’s list was especially hard to choose, simply because there is SO MUCH GOOD STUFF out there right now, so while I usually try to keep my summer list to a dozen titles, I let this …
Naomi Jean Makes an Early Debut!
In the last two weeks, our entire world has been turned upside down by the six-weeks-early arrival of our last baby, Naomi Jean. She was born on April 28, 2023, at exactly 34 weeks gestation after my water broke unexpectedly the morning before. I plan to do a separate post all about her birth story, …
Weekly Frugal Wins // Pregnancy Brain Errors + Homemade Remedies
This is a new series in the style of The Frugal Girl’s Five Frugal Things, where I’ll be posting weekly(ish) about what I’ve done lately to save money and make things stretch in order to further our financial goals, which currently include us paying off a decent hunk of debt. I encourage you to play …
I Decluttered Every Day for a Month
My husband and I are in the middle of a huge decluttering binge right now — I’d say the biggest we’ve ever had (and that’s saying something, considering we’ve been pursuing a more minimalist lifestyle for ten years now). While we’d pared down many of the most used and most visible areas of our home–like …
Weekly Frugal Wins // A New Dishwasher At Last!
This is a new series in the style of The Frugal Girl’s Five Frugal Things, where I’ll be posting weekly(ish) about what I’ve done lately to save money and make things stretch in order to further our financial goals, which currently include us paying off a decent hunk of debt. I encourage you to play …
Weekly Frugal Wins // DIY Portraits + Telehealth Consults
This is a new series in the style of The Frugal Girl’s Five Frugal Things, where I’ll be posting weekly(ish) about what I’ve done lately to save money and make things stretch in order to further our financial goals, which currently include us paying off a decent hunk of debt. I encourage you to play …
2023 Financial Goals: Q1 Update
Welp, the first quarter of 2023 is now in the books, and it’s time for the (first) day of reckoning this year — how did we do on our financial goals during these first three months? I will say this — while we haven’t made the progress we would have hoped for yet this year …
Weekly Frugal Wins // Case Lot Sales + Compost
This is a new series in the style of The Frugal Girl’s Five Frugal Things, where I’ll be posting weekly(ish) about what I’ve done lately to save money and make things stretch in order to further our financial goals, which currently include us paying off a decent hunk of debt. I encourage you to play …











