DIY Glimmer Costume from She-Ra: Easy Cosplay Tutorial
My daughters and their friends decided to go together to a local science fiction fantasy convention. Though I’ve been before, I never wore costumes, but my daughters wanted to cosplay their favorite characters. I didn’t want to buy a ready made costume for many reasons. First off, I enjoy creating costumes. Secondly, ready made costumes […]
How to Turn Casino Nights into Budget-Friendly Family Fun at Home
When I was a teenager, as part of a youth group, we spent a weekend in another city. One of the activities they did was turning the social hall into an ad hoc casino, and we played fun games using just chips, but no money, and we got a bunch of prizes at the end […]
Touring Kutaisi on a Budget — Our Frugal Georgia Trip, Day 4
Touring Kutaisi, Georgia on a budget. Sataplia caves and dinosaur tracks, museums, walking tour and cable cars.
Beach Must-Haves for Summer Family Adventures
My family spends lots of time at the beach. We go multiple times every summer, and until we had a car, our annual camping trip was on a public transportation accessible beach. There is just something so magical about the waves, and everything is yummier at the beach, even if it sometimes means getting a […]
10 Tips for Dealing with Language Barriers When Traveling
In front of the Kyrenia Gate, in Nicosia, North Cyprus Traveling the world is one of the things I enjoy most. I’m so glad I’ve been able to visit 10 different countries in the last 8 years, 4 of them with my children. As a native English speaker, I am kind of spoiled in having […]
Our Frugal Georgia Trip, Day 2: Batumi, Las Vegas of the Black Sea
On the second day of our Georgia trip, in Batumi, not surprisingly, we had a pretty late start. We only got up at 10:30 and had to get to the tour we signed up for by 11:45; we were supposed to get there ten minutes early, we had a 5 minute walk to our car, […]
Our Frugal Trip To Georgia, Day One: Vani Sulfur Hot Springs and Batumi
Hello there from Georgia! As I wrote in my post yesterday, today we left on a 6:45 am flight (meaning we woke up at 3:30 after only getting to sleep at midnight after a late arrival to Cyprus) from Larnaca to Kutaisi, Georgia. It was a 2 hour flight and, fortunately, I managed to sleep […]
Hello From Cyprus — For The Moment
When my oldest son was almost 11, I went on a trip with him to Craiova, Romania, his first time ever leaving our country, his first time ever on a plane. My other kids wanted to go on trips with me as well, and I told my kids that the summer before they turned 11 […]
DIY Cryptic Spren Costume from Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive
Happy Almost Halloween! My favorite author is Brandon Sanderson, and he writes so many amazing books, with the majority of his series taking place in his Cosmere universe, with crossovers between different series. They’re just fun books to read and reread, because then you notice crossovers that you might not have noticed before. In one […]
DIY Modest Nimona Cosplay Costume Without Much Sewing Required
All dressed up in cosplay at the convention, minus the belt. Halloween is right around the corner, and in that spirit, I wanted to share some costumes that my daughters and I recently made and wore. They wanted it to wear to a Comic Con type event, but I told them that if I was […]
