Why do we make New Year’s Resolutions? We resolve to lose weight, eat healthier, be better parents, be better spouses…

Since it took me longer than 31 days to finish this challenge, I am going to use this step as…

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I guess this has always been an obvious step for me. Not to say that we have never financed anything,…

I haven’t posted in a while due to being caught up in the craziness of the holiday season. Even as…

I follow a number of cloth diaper blogs including the Cotton Babies blog. Cotton Babies was one of the first…

The inevitable is not a topic I like very much. Mostly because I know we aren’t that prepared for it….

About a month ago CBS Eye on Parenting did a report comparing disposable diapers and cloth diapers. Unfortunately the coverage…

I recently read an article about a hospital in Boulder, Colorado seeking to become the first zero waste hospital in…

There is nothing more crucial to your finances than keeping good records. For the first seven years of our marriage…

  I am a pretty low maintenance person. My makeup routine during my high school years was minimal, unless I…

photo courtesy of Twinkle Photo   I was recently able to share with my MOPS group some of my thoughts…

Last month I shared that our family would be embarking on a first time ever no spend month. I was…

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the different names of God that appear in the Bible, especially the Hebrew…

It’s the end of the year. When holiday sales declare “You NEED this and if you don’t buy it now,…

  I told myself this year would be different. I would be less stressed out and I’d engage more. But…

I spend money every day. You probably do too. Sometimes it’s boring things like rent, mortgage and utilities, or necessary…

My social media feed is full of it. Moms lamenting peeing their pants and the belly that just hangs and…