Having a child requires having lots of things. Clothes, diapers, toys, food items, furniture, etc. Heading into a different season in the north means looking through our closets and figuring out what we have and what we need for the next literal season of life. But where do you stop? Call me a newbie (because…
Dan and I decided we could be professional vacationers. Wouldn’t that be the life? We have always enjoyed exploring and seeing the beauty of God’s creation, so any opportunity we get, we try and jump on it. In fact, when we first moved to Minnesota, we found a little magazine that listed some fun places…
This may come as a shock to you, coming from someone who loves to organize and even more so, save some moolah. You see, I used to spend the time clipping and printing coupons. I was so proud of myself. I would take my little coupon organizer to the store with me (just in case…
Spending. We all do it. We all do it in different ways. We all have different philosophies and we all have different opinions on how money should be spent. Is there a right and wrong way? What principle I often hold to is all that I have, is really not mine in the first place….
Aldi has changed my life. Really. When we moved to Minnesota 2 years ago, I knew our grocery bill would look different. I did not realize that it would more than DOUBLE. Believe it or not, we do not budget. Well, we don’t budget in the sense of keeping a detailed record of what and…
Summer is almost here! Summer is a season that many of us look forward to (at least in the north after a LONG winter!) Summer not only means warmer temperatures, but it can also mean more activities, more opportunities, and in the end, more spending. It is easy to look at summer as a break…
