Last weekend I was highly motivated to just stay home, do laundry, clean my house, play outside and enjoy our time at HOME (my absolute favorite place to be with Cole). Imagine my surprise and sadness when both of our bathtubs backed up, filled with nasty water, because I had to clog somewhere in the… Continue reading per-spec-tive
Growing up in my middle class, working family, I didn’t stress too much about not having food in the fridge or in my belly. My mom and dad saved up every year just to load us up in the station wagon and take us on a family vacation, we lived in a modest home, and… Continue reading Growing Up With Financial Peace
It turns out that Snoop Dogg had it right, although he wasn’t exactly talking about budgeting his money to make a better life for himself and his family, he still made an excellent point. You have to have your mind on your money, and be thinking about what on earth your money is going to… Continue reading Got My Mind On My Money, My Money On My Mind
I rarely speak on single dads, but I have had a lot of coffee so here we go. Please notice in that first picture who is installing my new light in my laundry room. Now look who is watching him (and holding the flashlight, a job I am glad to give away because I… Continue reading What your child with two homes really wants for 2019
Happy New Year!! Chances are, your budget is shot from the holiday season that now runs from Halloween through New Years’ Day. I get so tired of spending money 💰, and it seems I find myself at the grocery store all the time. If you’re like me, you cherish family time together that comes along… Continue reading 30 Day No Spend Challenge
Let’s talk about your 2019 goals 🤗🤗. I so love the beginning of the year, even though we are big goal setters all year. There’s about a fresh new year (and a ridiculously long month, AY) to help me re-evaluate and make some changes. Cole and I are going to map out his goals for… Continue reading Goal Digger 2019
Every year the holidays as a single mom (I cannot speak to the experience of being a single dad, because 100% of my life is a single mama 🤷🏼♀️) hold different struggles and happiness. Several years ago, Cole’s dad and I adopted a different manner of co-parenting, which is sometimes difficult for people to wrap… Continue reading Surviving the Christmas season as a single mama
I so love Christmas. For years, as a child, I loved the magic of Christmas morning, Christmas plays at church and school, Christmas cookies with mom, knowing that we were banned from the garage (since that’s where they hid our good presents, like the time my daddy made me an awesome doll bed in his… Continue reading Grace and Gratitude
In our house we look forward to Christmas so much, the time off together, our family traditions of driving through the lights, special meals, time with family, and celebrating the birth of Jesus. But in the last decade or so, probably with the huge impact of social media, Christmas has become a huge stinking deal,… Continue reading How to Un-Grinch Yourself This Christmas
I have laid awake many a night and wondered how on earth I am gonna pay that electric bill, or how I am going to manage raising that little person with all of his needs, and get my car fixed, and my air conditioning, and my plumbing. It seems at times if my finances are… Continue reading God’s Provision
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