My pride bought me the car I wanted

The car I wanted in 2017 was not the car I could afford, but it was the one my pride said I needed. I’m learning that a few years later. In May 2017 I had the privilege of getting to replace my vw turbo. How lucky of me. Right at 65,000 miles it needed to

Our year of sober living

Stephen and I decided while we were engaged to give up alcohol for a year after our honeymoon. We found that a lot of our social lives revolves around food and alcohol, and since we’re super strict budgeting for the next long while, we decided alcohol would be a good thing to give up as

DIY laundry detergent

When I started looking into homesteading and what it looks like for my family, DIY cleaning products, soaps, detergent was the first thing I started looking into. My sweet husbands skin gets irritated by laundry detergent and I have ezcuma so anything to help improve both of our skin was the first change I wanted

How we will save $1,200/year by making ONE change.

I’ve had gel or dipped nails for over 5 years now. and now that were getting super strict about our budget, I’ve decided that my manicure needs to go as well.     If you asked me 6 months ago if id ever volunteer to give up my manicure, i’d say absolutely not. Actually, Stephen