So, I’m going to be doing something new here! I’ve decided to take a section of my current blog and make a new part devoted solely to what I’m going to call “Thrifty Homeschool Mama Tips & Tricks from the Trenches of Motherhood, Homeschooling & Thrifty Living on One Income”. My plan is to address budget challenges that are specific
If you’re like me, its a constant struggle to keep the grocery bill under control! This past Spring I did a grocery shopping makeover and it has helped so much! But like it or not, food is expensive (especially when you try to eat healthy!). So, I wanted to give some practical helps for using meat in a frugal way,
It’s summer break, however I don’t feel like it’s a good idea to just stop with our reading practice and math. One way we are working on our reading is through WinterPromise Publishing and their Stories to Short Chapters language arts program. If you’ve followed any of my reviews this is actually #4 in this set of reviews. Here’s
Contains affiliate links of products I use and love. So, you want to be a stay at home mom and you’re wondering how to go about doing it? First off, that’s great! Wonderful idea! Now, how do you make it work? 5 Steps to being successful as a stay at home mom… Get comfortable! And I mean, really comfortable and
Contains affiliate links of products I love and use at no extra cost to you! If you are anything like me, you struggle to get it all done! So, I am so crazy about my Instant Pot because it saves me sooooo much time and hassle. Here are my 5 favorite things to do with it that you may not
Hi, all! My last post was 2 weeks into our new grocery budget. We had been shopping 2 times on our modified shopping list. We’ve now officially made it to our third shopping trip and here’s the update… Grocery Budget Update… Last shopping trip we made no extra grocery runs!! Woohoo! We did grab one extra dozen
Contains affiliate links of products I use and love at no cost to you! So, you’re on a tight budget this year in your homeschool and you’re wondering how to make this work. Can you really give your children a quality education on a low income? Yes, yes and yes! Read on to find out how to Charlotte Mason on
Contains affiliate links of products I love and use! So, it’s been 2 weeks since we grocery shopped and you may be wondering how my grocery budget redo is going. Here’s my update and what I’ll be doing differently on this shopping trip: Grocery Budget Update… We still have food in the house! Yes, we are out of snacks and
So, last week I started a series on my grocery budget makeover . How’s it going, you may be wondering? Often we start out with really high hopes, only to crash hard after a few days. However…..drum roll please…. it’s going really great so far! It’s been a week since we grocery shopped and we still have plenty of groceries for
So, I sat down the other day and looked at what we are actually spending on grocery budget and I’ll be honest. I kinda freaked out! We’re a family of 6 but we were spending about $900/month for our groceries!! I decided we needed to cut it down to $600/month. That’s alot to cut but I’m determined. Here’s what I’ve