Out of the Grocery Store & Finding a Local Credit Union

For three weeks now we’ve been receiving produce from Spud!. Nate still refuses to do a CSA because he wants to control what exactly he gets, and I even had to strong-arm him (sort of) into doing Spud by saying that we can choose what we receive. His argument is that he likes [...]

My love of books turns into an opportunity

I Love Books.  That might be a bit of an understatement really.  I’m constantly seeking to surround myself with books.  It is virtually impossible for me to walk out of a book store without at least one book.  The same is true of Nate, actually.  I max out my library card at 100 books often [...]

Self-Care Checklist

I have to be very intentional about self-care, because I wasn’t trained to take care of myself (as I suspect many of you weren’t either).  It was “The Woman’s Comfort Book” by Jennifer Louden that gave me a checklist to work from, which I wrote out and posted on the bulletin board in our kitchen [...]

Time, time, time…

I’ve been thinking, somewhat obsessively about time management and organization (so yes, if you have looked for these books in the Washington County library system and found them all out, I would be the one who has them all).
I like things to be neat and tidy and organized. I also hate to be the [...]

When you really, really, really want something

You’ll find a way to get it or make it happen.
This could be taken as a hindsight sort of thing, but knowing this in advance can also really be motivational. For me, it goes both ways.
When I returned from visiting my parents I finally decided that enough was enough, and I was going to [...]

Menu Plan Monday

Menu planning.  Ugh.  Right?  That’s what I thought until I realized that not only would we save money by planning (no extra trips to the store to get things we forgot, thus fewer temptations at the checkout), but it would simplify our life dramatically.
Nate and I usually do our menu planning over the weekend because [...]

Abundance Challenge

It’s been a rather busy week around here, hence the lack of posting.  I’ve also been thinking over my original goal to change the tone of this blog and focus less on being so much of a tightwad to having more of a focus on abundance and attracting/building wealth.  I seem to have fallen back [...]

Dave Ramsey’s “Total Money Makeover”

[I had started writing this post when I hit a wrong button and it was deleted.  So here I am, attempting it again.]
A few people have asked me on separate occasions whether I’d heard of Dave Ramsey.  I hadn’t, and now that I have, I can see how that’s a natural question to ask.
When we [...]

The Richest Man in Babylon: Lesson 2

And here we are with another lesson from “The Richest Man in Babylon” by George S. Clason, in the words of the main character, Arkad: “Control thy expenditures.”
Ah yes.  Budgeting.  The simplicity of this advice doesn’t not take into account the sophistication of today’s budgets.  Or am I just complicating matters because I feel a [...]

Health Insurance vs. Health Savings Account

We don’t have health insurance.  I suppose we could, if we wanted to.  But we don’t want to; I see health insurance as somewhat of a racket (and I want to be able to see whomever I want, not just the ones that take my insurance).  Having grown up in Canada, where everyone is covered, [...]