Memory-making family adventures don’t need to be expensive to be unforgettable, but sometimes it can be tricky to figure out how to keep the costs down. After sharing our cost breakdown for our 10-day Washington DC trip for our family of 8, I’ve had a lot of requests to share the numbers for other recent […]
7 “Normal” Things We Don’t Spend Money On
The great thing about personal finance is that it’s personal. Some people take “personal” to mean that it’s private. I think of the “personal” in personal finance as meaning that it’s about your individual choice. No one can tell you what you should do with your money. The choice is yours! It’s personal. The way […]
Family Budget Update- July 2023
I am back on track with budget updates! If you missed our May 2023 budget update and June 2023 budget update, that will catch you up on what has been going on. Also, last week I published a post explaining the details of how we are working the finances for the Ukrainian family that we’re […]
Handling Finances For Sponsoring a Refugee Family
Since our new Ukrainian friends arrived three months ago we’ve had a lot of questions about our experience sponsoring a refugee family. Some questions are cultural. Others are about the more personal experience. Many questions are also financial. Most people know that we believe talking about money is helpful, not taboo. Every family has to […]
Family Budget Update- June 2023
I am back on track with budget updates! If you missed our May 2023 budget update, that will get you up to speed on what we have going on. For those who have been waiting for the post explaining the details of how we are working the finances for the Ukrainian family that we’re sponsoring, […]
Family Budget Update – May 2023
It has been about eight months since I’ve shared a family budget update. That’s a long time, considering I published monthly budget updates for NINE years without missing a month. As you probably know, there have been some major changes since our last budget update in September. The most notable is that we took in […]
THANK YOU (… and They’re Here!)
I am long overdue in offering a heartfelt THANK YOU to those of you who so generously supported us in welcoming our Ukrainian refugee family. It has been two and a half months since I shared that our family was “adopting” a Ukrainian family. We gave up renting out our Airbnb apartment so that they […]
Frugal Recycling Hacks You Need to Try!
I love making the most of what I have and hate being wasteful. Today I want to share with you some hacks to make the most of one of the most wasted items from your home, the bag that the cereal comes in. Years ago, I saw Money Saving Mom reuse those cereal bags to […]
We’re Doing Something Big and We Need Your Help
If you get my emails, then you know that our family has a big financial undertaking coming up. We have never done anything of this magnitude before and that’s exciting and scary at the same time. We are preparing to sponsor a family of Ukrainian refugees through Uniting for Ukraine, the US government’s program to […]
A $1,500 Mistake– How We Deal With unexpected Expenses
Back in November when I was taking a break from blogging, we were blindsided by a massive, completely unexpected bill. If you’ve been around here much, you know that Mike and I faithfully budget each month and are pretty on-top-of our finances. So how could we get surprised by a $1,500 bill? I’m finally ready […]
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