How to Save Money

Often when we think of achieving financial freedom, we think of becoming excessively wealthy thanks to a high-paying career. Of course, that’s very nice; who doesn’t want to do something that they love doing and make enough to live a financially free lifestyle in the process? However, we often overlook one very simple method of […] More

Competition is a huge deal in our house. It might sound unhealthy to some; but my husband and I are working on 14 years together of competitiveness and a winning spirit. We compete for everything. We see who can get ‘our’ baby to bed the fastest (it’s easy when you have twins) and we see […] More

Most of us waste a lot of money. For one, we spend entirely too much for the ease of convenience and then we wonder why our savings accounts are so sad. The simple truth is that we should be making a lot more than we are so that we can save money. We often spend […] More

Death is not something that anyone wants to discuss or even think about. It’s a tragic loss. Even though we all know that none of us will get out alive, we cannot help but fear death. Perhaps it is a simple fear of the unknown. Perhaps it is fear of leaving behind our loved ones […] More

Affordable child-care options are not exactly abundant these days. Sure, you have plenty of options as a parent; you can put your child in a home-based daycare, a regular daycare, a private school daycare, a faith-based daycare, hire a nanny, let family watch your kids, or you can stay home. For many men and women, […] More

Holidays are more fun than any other time of year. There is something so wonderful and so comforting about tradition, about the family with whom you surround yourself and with the atmosphere of happiness and excitement that surrounds you this time of year. You have family dinners, everyone gathers in the kitchen to cook and […] More

One thing that I love most about this time of year is holiday gift giving. I love the feeling of excitement I get when I find a gift that I know someone will love, whether it’s one of my kids, my husband or one of our parents. I love the idea of holiday gift giving. […] More

Cheaper gas is here, and the world is rejoicing. I recently filled up my full size SUV for less than $2 per gallon, and it made my heart happy. I have not seen $2 per gallon since I was 20, and that was not really all that recently. When I first began driving, gas was […] More

House cleaning hacks provided by Houston pressure washing are available left and right; they’re on the internet courtesy of articles like this one, they’re in books and they’re on Pinterest. And we all know that if something is on Pinterest, it must be true. House cleaning is something we all have to do, and few […] More

If you do any shopping online, you probably have a use for browser extensions. These are money saving app extensions that allow you to shop for what you want and need on a regular basis and save a bit of money. The interesting part about a browser extension, though, is that many people have no […] More