3 Tips to Plan a Small Wedding on a Budget

My good friend just married off her daughter, who likes to do things very frugally and low key, so their wedding was that style. When I got married, my husband and I chose to tone down our wedding and keep the extra money to start our new life together. Here’s a tip from a reader […]

Some Awesome Grocery Scores!

I was running low on food in my house, especially essentials such as produce and animal products, so I went shopping at the open air market and at a discount supermarket near me and I am so thrilled with what I bought that I wanted to share my scores! I didn’t get around to posting […]

Five Ideas For Homemade Art To Brighten Your Home

I lived for a few years in a really tiny space, without any room for pretty much anything. We had little wall space, and most of the wall space that there was was filled with storage, not beautifying things. It really bothered me a lot, and at some point I decided that small space or […]

Beef in Cream Sauce with Greens Recipe- Paleo, Easy, and Delicious

I want to apologize for the state of this picture. This picture unfortunately does not do this food justice- it was absolutely divine tasting, yet the picture makes it look gross. It’s something about the combination of a white sauce and beef, with the addition of greens that makes it look like a royal mess, […]

Fixing Our Dishwasher All By Ourselves

In the summer I posted about our new, practically free dishwasher, which really excited me. Washing dishes is the bane of my existence (that and laundry). We moved over all the things that were kept in the kitchen cabinet that got replaced with the dishwasher and found new homes for them, and Mike installed the […]

Some Overlooked Ways of Taking Care of Your Family, on a Budget

I’m a big proponent of taking care of your mental health. Without taking care of yourself and your family’s mental wellbeing, you won’t be able to do what you need to do to make the sacrifices necessary for living a frugal or extremely frugal lifestyle. Here are some ideas to take care of your family’s […]

How to Embrace Minimalism

When you live in a small home, like my last one at 484 square feet, or my current larger but still small one of 925 square feet, especially with a family of six like I do, you have to be minimalistic, because there’s only so much room to store things in your house. In general, […]

My Awesome Clothing Swap Haul

Spring cleaning- don’t you love it? I do- it’s good motivation to finally go through my stuff and get rid of the clutter that’s been intruding in my life. I went through my children’s toys and sorted them out and took ot the things they never used, and then the rest, made sure to dedicate […]

My All Time Favorite Sandwich

I almost feel silly posting this here, since it is such a simple recipe, but honestly, this sandwich is my favorite and is something I make so often, that I figured I might as well put it up. People have asked me to also include some easier recipes, and this is definitely that. It is […]

The Pros and Cons of Smartphones for the Whole Family

I got my first smartphone a few years ago. It has since become such a necessity for me, that I can’t manage without it, especially not for work, and I don’t want to ever have to go without one. The same goes for my husband. For his 10th birthday, I bought my eldest a smartphone. […]