This guest post about camping is from Erin and Jeff. They’re married and the creators of the budget-minded travel blog, A Week or A Weekend. They love to travel and have lots of experience traveling for a week or a weekend. Travel doesn't have to be expensive. Or complicated. And travel planning and packing don't… Continue reading Frugal Travel: Camping
Potato Salad That Eats Like a Meal
I know potato salad is supposed to be a side dish but this little fact didn’t stop me from making this potato salad into a meal. Potato salad is so good, but I’ll be honest with you – I don’t usually like to make it because it’s one of those dishes that is a lot… Continue reading Potato Salad That Eats Like a Meal
Carrot and Kale Salad
Kale is one of those vegetables that I love to grow. It’s hearty, tasty, and can easily survive a winter in my garden. My sister has planted it in her garden and it grows well there, too, and she lives in Alaska! I usually sautee kale with onion and minced garlic and then splash it… Continue reading Carrot and Kale Salad
11 Tips for Frugal Living
11 Tips for Frugal Living does not include tired suggestions like, “Make espresso at home instead of buying drinks at expensive coffee shops” or extreme ideas like, “Take cold showers.” No thank you! These 11 tips for frugal living are attitude adjustments and ones that can implemented over time – as in baby steps –… Continue reading 11 Tips for Frugal Living
How to Cook with Dried Beans
I usually cook about 2-3 pounds of dried beans every week. That’s the equivalent to about 10-12 cans of beans a week but keep in mind, we’re a family of 4 BUT still - we eat a lot of beans! Whether we eat beans for breakfast, lunch, after school snacking, or dinner, they taste great,… Continue reading How to Cook with Dried Beans
Awnings Are Up!
It’s finally feeling like summer and thankfully we put the awnings up before the hot weather kicked in this year. We installed awnings, that we made ourselves, on our windows about 10-years ago and every summer, I’m so thankful. Awnings keep a house cooler – by about 10 degrees – by blocking the sun from… Continue reading Awnings Are Up!
Monthly Meal Plan
This is my favorite time of year in the garden. Everything seems to be growing and green and dinner is so easy when I can walk out the door and trim or pick and then serve. It’s not always pretty in my garden. My failures usually outnumber the successes. I try and go with what… Continue reading Monthly Meal Plan
Reducing FAITH Expenses: Apparel
This is the second in a series of money saving strategies for reducing your FAITH expenses. FAITH = food, apparel, insurance, transportation, and housing. Clothing yourself, a family, and a home is expensive but you don’t have to break the budget. With a little closet cleaning, party planning, and splurging, you can redirect your resources… Continue reading Reducing FAITH Expenses: Apparel
Summer Travels
If you’re a regular reader, you know how much I love home swapping. Is there anything better than traveling the world and staying for free? Our summer trip this year is a home exchange to Boston and it’s a home swap with my good friend, Annie Kip! Annie and I used to work together at… Continue reading Summer Travels
Ready Set Home Swap!
Our house is buzzing and scurrying – we’re getting ready for our 10th home exchange in 9-years. Along with all the cost savings that happens with home swapping, it also saves me – from being disorganized! When I know that my house needs to be “guest ready” with plenty of space for our home exchange… Continue reading Ready Set Home Swap!
Go Gingham 