FREE Printable Kids’ Daily Routine Checklists
It’s back to school time and if you’re kids are anything like mine we need to little review of routines and the order for the day. A simple chore chart or routine list helps create a little structure that is helpful in getting them out the door for school, Read More
Back to School on a Budget
Going back to school can be overwhelming for a budget if you don’t have a plan. Here are a few tips for managing those expenses so that they don’t manage you. via freedigitalphotos.net 1. Delay the purchase of some school supplies If your kids are in public or private Read More
5 Tips For Keeping a Clean Car While on Vacation
Keep a garbage can in the car. I use a food bin with a flip-top lid and a small garbage bag. The whole family can use this for garbage while on a road trip, but it’s a handy thing just to keep in the car to keep garbage from Read More
Don’t Take a Vacation From Your Budget!
Going on vacation is often the undoing of budgets in the summer months, but it doesn’t have to be that way! Here are some tips for helping you stick to a spending plan when you’re off having fun. Scope out deals ahead of time. If you know Read More
5 Tips to Keeping a Clean House While the Kids are Home for the Summer
When school is out and the kids are home for the summer, there’s a definite change in the flow of the day and your tidy home might experience a little more mess. This is a good mess to have, but if you’re finding it difficult to keep your Read More
Summer snacking on a budget
I have four younger brothers, and I distinctly remember how when they were teenagers, they would stand in front of the fridge with the door open and ask, “What’s there to eat?” All. The. Time. Now my two oldest boys are doing the same thing. But they’re not Read More
How to Make a Cleaning Routine Really Work
On my blog I talk about different ways to clean, products to use, and tips and tricks, but the one thing that works the BEST for me is my cleaning routine. Without a cleaning routine our house would be a disaster and I would be struggling with the untidiness Read More
Teaching Young Children to Manage Money
Some of us were raised in homes where financial responsibility was modeled, but others of us have had to learn the hard way. If we want our children to start learning some of the financial principles that we may not have grasped until we were adults, it’s best to Read More
Budgeting Percentages…
Once you’ve established a budget for your household, you may wonder whether or not the amounts you’ve set are reasonable. After all, you don’t want to fall back into bad habits of overspending in certain areas, and you most likely want to be paying down debt at a manageable pace Read More
How to create springtime magnets…
Spring is here (at least for some of us in the South)! Our grass is green and we’ve already mowed a few times – need to mow again this weekend. My flower beds are starting to fill with blooms – the fragrance is so sweet! Some of that sweetness Read More
