When my husband and I first decided that I would stay home after we had our son, the plan was for my new job to be childcare, homemaking, and nothing more. My husband would take on the full financial burden as long as I could be the primary caregiver and maintain a pleasant home environment.… →
Money
9 Painless Things Moms Can Stop Buying to Get Out of Debt
When you have the stress of debt, it can seem like you’ll never have it paid off. With a combination of student loans, car payments, credit cards, and medical bills, it can feel like you have debt up to your eyeballs. Many people daydream about living without the stress of debt. Your shoulders relax and… →
How to Teach Your Kid About Money
I know you’re not into raising a Warren Buffet kid at home. But neither do you want your child to mature into an adult who’d ALWAYS worry about managing bills, taxes or even the house budget, let alone saving up for some property. Or do you? And that calls for teaching money matters to your… →
How to Be a Rockstar Work-at-Home Mom
Being a work-at-home mom is awesome – it really is. But it doesn’t come easy. For as many perks as there are for working from home, there are equally as many drawbacks. Yes, it may be fantastic between conference calls to be able to fold the laundry and make the beds, but it takes an… →
How to Throw a Birthday Party on a Budget
I have a confession to make. Although I look forward to my kids’ birthdays every year, these special days used to feel a tad overwhelming. Expectations ran so high – from my kids, their grandparents, our friends, and our neighbors. And every year, the weight of it seemed to fall on this mama’s shoulders. What… →
How to Find Balance Between Working At Home and Being Mom
When I started my blog, I struggled to find balance when working from home. I didn’t even consider it a business venture for the first month! As a brand new blogger, I was stressed that the house was a mess and all I wanted to do was write. I needed to learn how to create… →
7 Best Ways to Save Money on Kid’s Clothes Each Year
Kids seriously grow like weeds! So paying a lot of money for your kid’s clothes each year isn’t necessary even if you don’t need to follow a strict budget. I love dressing my kids up in the latest fashions BUT I never pay full price! My mom’s a fashionista extraordinaire and taught me the tricks… →
5 Ways to Work From Home and Make a Legitimate Income
Yes, you read that right. Work from home and make a legitimate income as a stay-at-home mom. By legitimate, I don’t mean a few bucks here and there. I mean a part-time, or if you really know how to hustle, full-time income, from home. I cannot tell you how many moms I know that would… →
Four Things We Did to Save Thousands of Dollars
To be honest, saving money has never really mattered to me. That is, until I became a stay-at-home mom. Now that we are living on one income, it has become my mission to find ways to save money. You may be in the same boat as I was and you’re not sure if you are… →
Living on One Income – Are You Financially Ready?
Deciding to be a stay-at-home mom (or dad) is a HUGE decision. Maybe you are the parent who always knew they wanted to stay home. Or, you might be the parent that said you would NEVER stay home. Either way, there are a lot of factors to consider when making the decision for one parent… →