This is our Master Bedroom Renovation Before and After—Home 3 with description of how I saved thousands. I have many posts about the homes I have renovated that I will hopefully be posting this year (2021). It seems that much of my time for the past 10 years has been dedicated to renovating houses. I …
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There are some awesome ways to save money on medical bills during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. Some I found after searching for hours online and talking to insurance representatives for my first pregnancy. And a few I didn’t find until my second pregnancy and really wished I had known about them for my first! For …
*Article was written by Karen Jensen, my sister, and co-author of our book Living a Rich Life as a Stay-at-Home Mom: How to Build a Successful Financial Foundation for You and Your Children. Welcome Karen, Shortly after my husband and I were married we decided to work on building a food storage supply. We didn’t …
This post is sponsored by Trademore. I was paid for this post. Years ago, I bought a cell phone off of a local classified. Turns out, when I went to activate it, I had purchased a stolen phone! In an effort to be a good person, I contacted Verizon and somehow got a hold of …
Karen writes, Around the time I was expecting my first child, I was working full-time and owned another business my husband and I ran on the side. We had waited a long time for our first little girl to come along and I had already decided I would quit my full-time job and stay at home …
We’ve talked a bit about how food is a variable expense that can make or break the budget. Meal planning and having a food storage base are fantastic ways to combat overspending in your food category. Challenge #2 was designed to help combat overspending eating out by keeping a list of easy go-to meals you …
Karen, coauthor of our book Living a Rich Life as a Stay-at-Home Mom writes, “The past few months my water bill was almost double what it normally is. I found this odd since it’s winter time and the sprinklers aren’t running. When this happens, a great thing to do is to turn off all the faucets, hoses, …
In order to stick with any new change of behavior, scientists have found that we must do it for 21 days. After 21 days of consistently doing something the human brain and body anticipate it and often start doing the action willingly or habitually. Just like tracking calories helps one to know and make wise …
Just a few days ago I posted this post on Facebook: Someone asked me which app it was that I was using. I told them it is an app called Gas Buddy. Gas Buddy has saved me a ton of money on fuel and it is really convenient. All I do is type in my …
Karen co-author of our book writes, The other day we got a babysitter for date night. When she came over she brought a cell phone and asked me to type in our password for our WiFi so her cell phone would work. I was a little confused until she explained that her cell phone wasn’t hooked …
Karen author of our book, Living a Rich Life as a Stay-at-Home Mom wrote, I was talking to a friend the other day and told her my son’s shoes were bought for a dollar at the local thrift store. She looked a little confused and asked where the thrift store was. I was surprised that she didn’t …