How to Stop Getting Sucked Into Sales

It doesn’t matter how good of a deal something is. If we don’t need something and buy it unnecessarily, it’s a waste of money. Here’s some suggestions from a reader how to stop getting sucked into sales. It’s fair to say we all love a bargain. With the rise of Black Friday, Boxing Day sales […]

Farewell to Homeschooling

It is with a heavy heart that I write this post. After 11 years of homeschooling, it’s time to say farewell. In light of that, I wanted to write up a post chronicling and summing up our family’s homeschooling journey, something I’ve written a lot about on this blog. I was homeschooled for a year […]

Cheap Ways to Protect Your Kids from Germs this Winter

This winter hasn’t been the easiest one for our family. First one kid and then another has been sick, and so have I been. Just today Ike got diagnosed with Strep throat when I took him in for an ear infection and puking. I need to listen to this advice from a reader on how […]

Our Holiday Season This Year

As the holiday season is wrapping up, I wanted to reflect upon how it was for our family this year and what we did. December is such an awesome time of year with so many holidays, some for pretty much everyone, no matter what religion you are, and even if you don’t celebrate any religion, […]

Happy Ninth Bloggeversary and a Giveaway!

I am really excited to share that as of yesterday this blog is 9 years old, and I’m now in my tenth year straight of blogging! Last year in June I wrote the blog post that I intended to write on January 2, but life got in the way, reflecting on the evolution of this […]