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Family
Ultimate Family Christmas Advent Bucket List: Festive and Fun
Every year for fifteen years now I have planned a fun advent for our family. As my children age though, they like to help plan it more and more. Now, we all sit down for a family meeting and hammer out the December bucket list. After that, I write it up on the calendar with…
The Frugal Homemaker Holiday Planning Guide
Well, Thanksgiving has come and went. Using our frugal homemaker holiday planning guide tips will be useful this season. “Why” you say? Four weeks to Christmas. Yikes! That is what I thought too. I just grabbed my holiday planner over the weekend to see what I needed to update, change, or take out. This year…
Shoestring Budget Thanksgiving Movie Night
Two years ago, we created our own movie room in the basement because we love home movie nights so much. Here’s some tips to make your home movie night more fun, on a shoestring budget. DIY Movie Theatre First, before anything is the actual movie night equipment. Nothing fancy or expensive like a projector is…
Homeschooling
Personal Finance for A Tween Homeschooler
****This is a sponsored post, but all opinions are my own, and we used this curriculum to give you the best information with a hands on experience. If you are like me, you want your tween homeschooler to understand money when they graduate. Math is great, learning to read is important, but money management is…
Summer Routines for Homeschoolers: Project List
Homeschool moms have never ending projects. So little time, so much on the project list. One task gets done, then another cleaning task pops up. Examples of how mundane house chores keep moms from projects. Summer routines will help homeschoolers to get their project lists in order and done. Project lists can be…
Homeschool Preschool Letter W Inexpensive Activities
Letter W activities for homeschool preschool usually started on Monday and ended on Friday when I taught my preschoolers. I did not go more than one week on each letter. First, because I attached our handwriting sheet to the poster and used it all year. This became one of my favorite activities and a keepsake….
How to Teach History on a Budget without Sacrificing Quality
My homeschool passion is to teach history so that homeschoolers learn truth, facts from the past and events so that they can use that information in the future. An old saying goes “history always repeats itself”. That is very true. Trends circle around and era’s rebound. Styles evolve and return. Event though it has been…
Homemaking
5 Ways Frugal Moms Can Fund Money for Vacation
****Amazon links inside post. Frugal moms can make extra money this summer with a great side hustle. Not only that, but with these side hustles the kids’ can be involved! As we declutter our homes, there are ways to make money with excess. Extra income never hurts anyone. Frugal moms are already busy with budgeting,…
Money Smart Homemaking: Build Income Streams While You Stay at Home
Creative Income Streams Creative frugal moms can turn their gifts into an income source. Besides Etsy which is a great place to start a store and bring in a residual income, there are other opportunities. Another big online name is Teachers Pay Teachers. Both of these online avenues are available to start up stores, promote…
How to Lower Laundry Costs Without Fewer Loads
In America, almost every family is trying to figure out how to lower laundry costs. Nobody thinks of doing fewer loads because that would cause a buildup. Laundry is a daily chore just like doing the dishes. Each chore has its time during the day to complete. If you do one load of dishes a…
How to Cut Grocery Costs Without Changing What You Cook
Grocery costs have risen significantly in the past few years. They have caused many American households to rethink what they are buying and cooking. I know for our family prior to inflation I would say “sure, we can try that new recipe”. Now my response is “I don’t know, we will have to price it…
Lifestyle
How to Start a Grocery Delivery Business from Home
Starting a frugal moms grocery delivery service has never been easier. Now is the best time to get started in this up and coming new market. People are busy and have no time for grocery shopping. Starting this new service as second income, or growth into a larger business is up to how much time…
Basic Laundry Tips for Frugal Homemakers
Frugal home laundry tips is a stepping stone to ways that laundry saves us money. Laundry is a chore, but if done well the savings adds up. Everyone has laundry everyday. We have more laundry than mother’s of the past. We are blessed as a nation in many ways with the ability to go buy…
Frugal Cloth Diaper Care: Simple Homemade Recipe
Frugal home cloth diaper cleaners are better for baby because of the all natural recipe. I have made our laundry detergent for almost 12 years now. Prior to that I used a store bought laundry soap. When I became an informed consumer and found out all of the chemicals they were placing in our…
Frugal Home Winter Heat Hacks to Stay Warm
Frugal home heat hacks opens the door to additional ways to heat in the winter. Saving on energy bills is important as other costs rise. If your frugal home seems to be under attack from rising costs, no worries, there is hope. My hope is to share ways with you that will help you keep…