Saving Money

I don’t know about you, but I get hungry in between meals. It seems that when I get hungry, I also get grumpy, and we’ve come to realize that Fred I often fight more when I feel hungry. To avoid these unnecessary fights, I’ve started thinking through some snacks that have protein and are healthy, don’t cost a fortune, and that I can throw in my purse and go. I bought a few things that I like that I thought…

Some of you know that we made a radical decision to move to another town to save money, be closer to Fred’s job, and sell a car. (You can read all about it here if you missed that post) As promised in my previous blog about our moving day, I wanted to share a few things we learned about moving expenses and selling things, and encourage any of you who want to make a change! When we decided to move, we…

Last weekend we said goodbye to our home of 4 (5 for me) years, packed up our stuff, and brought it to our new home. (Click here to read about our decision to move)  Seems simple, right? Well… We had our share of adventures on that day, and I want to share a few of them with you, along with a few thoughts about our new pad. First of all, renting a moving truck was not as easy as it…

It’s official – we’re moving.  We have been working towards paying off our debt (officially) for about 2 years, but we’ve felt that we don’t have enough traction, and that our expected debt pay-off would be 4 or so more years. That wasn’t good enough for us. We want to be out of debt NOW.  So, we decided that we’ll move to another city 20 minutes away, which is closer to Fred’s work and offers us a place that is…