October 2020

Home Life Halloween: Trick-or-Treating Alternatives Halloween: Trick-or-Treating Alternatives Looking for a trick-or-treating alternative this year? Well, you’re in the right place. We set out on a mission to make sure our kids did not feel like they missed out on…

Home Life Halloween: The Candy Corn Chronicles Halloween: The Candy Corn Chronicles Did you know that National Candy Corn Day is October 30th? It was estimated in 2019 that 35 million pounds of this popular Halloween treat are sold each…

Home Life A Decade of Divorce: Putting in the [heart] Work A Decade of Divorce: Putting in the {heart} Work Nearly ten years as a paralegal in the messy world of divorce has given me a very unique understanding of…

Home Money Back to the Basics: Vitamins Back to basics: vitamins Let’s dive into some of the monthly savings that I touched on earlier in The Budget Meeting. We were able to free up almost $1,000 each month by carefully…

Home Money Six Months Without Eating Out – Woah! six months without eating out Okay, so here’s the deal. I went from eating out on average 6-8 times a week to not eating out a single meal for six straight…

Home Money Show Me The Money: $7K in First Four Months! Show me the money: $7k in the first four months! Okay, now that we’ve talked about all the ways to prepare for paying off your debt, it’s time to…

Home Money The Debt Payoff Puzzle – Motivation & Goals The debt payoff puzzle Once you’ve totaled up all your debt and picked a payoff strategy, you are ready to set a time frame. The snowball or avalanche calculator can…

Home Life Flying Solo – The Way Back Home[school] the safety net was snatched and we were flying solo. Rogers Academy: Home of the Squirrtles Est. 2020 First, we researched our state’s requirements. Here in Louisiana, we had to apply…

Home Money The Budget Meeting – $1,000 Monthly Savings The Budget Meeting – $1000 My husband would have the spreadsheets, monthly projections – blah, blah blah! He would literally wait until we were on the way to dinner, like after…

Home Life We Repeat What We Do Not Repair we repeat what we do not repair I wrote the following over the summer. Shortly after the horrific events surrounding the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a friend posted on social media…