And just like that he’s a senior

This picture makes me so happy (taken on the first day of school)! It makes me happy, because I know that he will do great this year, and for many years to come. I thought that I would be emotional, but really I'm just one proud mama. I'm doing my best to soak up every …

First Day of School – 5th Grade Style

The start of a new school year always makes me little anxious and emotional. I know that every year is one less year with my kiddos being my little babies. This year is no different. Our youngest started his 5th grade year this past Friday. He was so excited to see all of his old …

7 tips to staying organized for back to school

Hi Loves! Today I want to share with you seven tips that I will be using to stay organized for back to school. Every year I say, this year will be different, I will be more organized! The first week or so goes fairly well, but before I know it I am overwhelmed and not …

Hollar at Sonic the Hedgehog

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I want to share with you the amazing deal I scored for my son's book bag. He loves Sonic the Hedgehog anything and everything. He currently owns several Sonic the Hedgehog plush toys, games, action figures, coloring pages, costumes, and now a book bag.  I signed up to receive Hollar's …

School Supplies from the Dollar Tree

This year I shopped at the Dollar Tree for our back to school supplies. Because I haven't kept good financial records I can't tell you if we saved money this year vs last year. What I can tell you is that I purchased everything that was on the list of supplies. A couple of weeks …

What we ate this week (7/30/17)

Hi Loves! For dinner we cooked every night last week, including the weekend. I'm happy to say that we did not spend one dime this weekend. It actually felt good to have money in our account on Monday. Small wins, right? Anyway, I wanted to share with you what we ate last week in case you …

5 tips to help you stick to your budget when you love to shop

I enjoy shopping for everything, well except for grocery shopping or purchasing hunting supplies. Those are not enjoyable on any level for me. Anyway, I really like to go to the store, browse the aisles, find the sales (which is my favorite part), and make my purchases. I can shop all day, I can shop …

Planning for payday

Hello loves! I don't know about you, but we tend to struggle the most on payday. I feel like a queen when my paycheck hits my bank account. Most of the time I will only pay what we absolutely have to pay on a bill. If it's not in danger of being repossessed or cut …

4 month diabetes check up and a diabetes meetup

I went to my diabetes doctor on Tuesday for my four month follow up. I went in last week to have my labs drawn so I knew I was going to have to make some changes. My A1c was way too high (8.0), and my  cholesterol was out of range (especially the ldl). My doctor …

How we accidentally cut the cable cord

It seems like only yesterday that I was mindlessly listening to one of the many ratchet TV shows play in the background, while I was really watching one of my favorite You Tuber's setup their planners. Now all of that is a thing of the past. I knew before we created the budget that it …