I have a 5 month old son who is just starting out on solid foods and I don’t want to buy the expensive jars of baby food. At his age, he only eats a small amount from the jar and then the rest is wasted. Yesterday, my doctor told me a great way to make Read more

Happy New Year’s! This is a popular time of year to set goals or make resolutions. Some people make resolutions and some don’t, but I think setting goals is important any time of year and wanted to focus on goal setting today. I recently asked readers what goals they have for the year, and many Read more

UPDATE – Also, check out the monthly meal plans we create every month with a full month of easy, family friendly recipes and printable calendars. I am loving the new Kraft 1 bag, 5 dinners meal planner. Each bag includes the recipes and shopping list for a week of home cooked meals for a family Read more

Don’t waste money this Christmas on expensive wrapping paper, especially when the kids  just tear it open and throw it to the side without a thought. You can use any of these five common household items to wrap a beautiful gift. When I used up the rest of my leftover wrapping paper I decided to Read more

Disclosure: Contains affiliate link Are you stressing out about being able to afford Christmas gifts this year? Get creative with these Christmas gift ideas on a budget. 1. Redeem your rewards & credits. Many companies offer rewards programs. This time of year, I redeem my credit card rewards, store rewards, Bing search reward credit, Ibotta cash back Read more

Now that’s it officially November, I decided to feature a two part series on having a frugal Christmas. I love the holidays and getting together with family, but Christmas can be very unforgiving on the family finances. We live on a budget, so Christmas time can be very stressful in our household. Over the last Read more