My older brother and I have kids that seem to be spaced out perfectly to share clothing. Their oldest son is 8 and our oldest son is 5 and our little girl is a year older than their little girl. We’ve adopted the habit of sharing clothing. Kids grow so fast that […]
More and more people are starting to make the switch to fluorescent lighting. Not only does it save money in the long run, but it also saves resources. I found a great article that details the benefits of changing the lighting in your home.
As mentioned in the article CFL’s use 50-80% less energy […]
I see them everywhere now. You can get a snack sized pack for almost any kind of cookie, cracker, or small treat. They’re convenient to grab before heading out and nice for lunches too.
I decided a way to save a little money is to make your own. Buy the snack size Ziploc […]
A post over at unclutterer had some good points relating to the gear our infants tend to collect. Some of it gets purchased with the greatest intentions, but doesn’t end up getting much use. I’ll be the first one to say that we were given a brand new swing for our daughter, (funny […]
With prices climbing everywhere on everything, a great place to cut costs is in your groceries. As Amy mentioned before, a list is a great help. I suggest going a bit further and using a menu. Just sit down with paper and come up with a list of meals for the time […]
Find a good size box or storage container with a lid, and create a birthday box. Fill the box throughout the year with items you see on sale. When it’s time to go to a birthday party, let your child pick something out of the box to give to their friend. It […]
Every fall I find myself thinking back to my childhood. Just before Halloween we would rampage through the house looking for whatever we could find to make the “perfect”costume. It seemed that at least once, every girl was a baby and every boy was a hobo! We never had any kind of budget for […]
I can remember back eleven years, to when we were first married. We were starving college students and Ramen Noodles was on the menu every other night. Now I feed a family of five, and with the cost of food continuing to rise our grocery bill can get pretty scary. So I’m always thinking of […]
I know we all want to give our sweet little babies the best food possible to start off their lives just right. With our first child, we bought the store bought baby food and felt like things were just fine. Then when he was ready for more solid food, he had a very difficult time […]
We’re always looking for ways to make our home a little greener as well as cut costs. Recently we replaced the shower head in the bathroom with a water saver one. It gets the job done and will almost cut the amount of water used for showering in half. If you ask our 8 […]
