About Gift Accept ... A brand new way to show you remember...even when the address is a distant memory. Gift Accept is the safe, secure way to send gifts without having to keep track of contact information. No address? No problem. We make it simple to send the perfect gift to … [Read more...]
Becoming My Mother … Happily!
I think every girl wonders if she will become her mother. Some hope they don't become their mother at all and others long to be exactly like them. I never really thought about this ... until two weeks ago. I came home from work with my hand looking like this ... You see … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday: Christmas 2011
We hope you had a Merry Christmas! We sure did and enjoyed the joy on our kids faces at both our house and at my parents' house. My brother-in-law described Christmas at my parents' house as "paper flying, trashing being gathered, and people yelling "Thanks Mom!" across the … [Read more...]
Holiday Gift Budget Pie
Remember all of those posts on The Budget Pie? Yeah, that Budget Pie concept can come in handy for the holidays too. I saw a list today but of course I can't find it now. It had four things on it but I like threes so here is a great gift giving Budget Pie! 1. Something … [Read more...]
The Budget Pie: The Present
Remember July’s post on The Budget Pie? Here is the second of three detailed posts about The Budget Pie … The Present. If you missed the first slice of the pie, check out The Past and The Future. Here is The Budget Pie to remind you … Back in July's post I left the present … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday: Kings Dominion
A couple of weeks ago, we took the girls to Kings Dominion. We left Little Dude with my parents (good decision on our part!) The girls had never been to anything more than a local fair before this so this was huge to them! I went to Kings Dominion growing up so it was … [Read more...]
The Budget Pie: The Future
Remember July’s post on The Budget Pie? Here is the second of three detailed posts about The Budget Pie ... The Future. If you missed the first slice of the pie, check out The Past. Here is The Budget Pie to remind you … Back in July's post I skipped from the Past to the … [Read more...]
Masters of the Hunt
Details ... We specialize in creating one-of-a-kind treasure and scavenger hunts for team building, corporate hospitality, promotions and personal celebrations. Want to know why you should work with Masters of the Hunt? Follow the MOTH: MASTERFUL: Our experts have over … [Read more...]
Memories of Fall
As fall approaches and we begin making plans for the holidays, I can't help but think back to our first Thanksgiving in this house. We had been here for less than a year, but were fully unpacked and excited to have enough room to invite our families over for dinner. We had the … [Read more...]
The Budget Pie: The Past
Remember last month's post on The Budget Pie? Here is the first of three detailed posts about The Budget Pie and first up is The Past. Here is The Budget Pie to remind you ... Why start with The Past? The Past is history ... but it is history you are STILL paying for in … [Read more...]
The Budget Pie
When talking about your budget it is important to remember that there three pieces to your budget. An easy concept for thinking about this is the past, present, and future of your spending ... or a budget pie. So in budgeting terms that would be what you already spent (past), … [Read more...]
Tips for Getting Away with a Great Family Travel Deal
As a family of five now, we have to look for deals when we travel. I am the first to admit that we don't travel often but here are the tips I have for finding the best deals for your family when you travel! 1. Research where you are going. If you just up and go some where, you … [Read more...]
Simple Budgeting: Real World Debt Management
Last month, I wrote about Using What You Have. This month I tweeted asking for ideas and got two great ones. So I am going to write this month about how to get out of debt thanks to the suggestion from @alyssaavant. I am not Dave Ramsey or Suze Orman when it comes to debt. … [Read more...]
Friday Favorites
Friday Favorites is another weekly feature here at Simply Living on a Budget. The whole point of this feature is to share some of my favorite finds. Anything is game. Food. Cleaning supplies. Kid stuff. Garden favorites. Recipes. Anything that I really like and want to … [Read more...]
Simple Budgeting: Is Health a Necessity?
This is the fifth post in the monthly series titled Simple Budgeting. Check the left sidebar for the links to the posts in this series!Simply put (haha) ... no seriously, I was overwhelmed with the comments in the Spring Cleaning post last month. Y'all impress me with how … [Read more...]