Welcome back! If you're just finding this series about how to make staying home with your kids a possibility, be sure to check out the rest of the posts in the series here: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Now find ways to make that income from home. To finally close the gap between what you make and what you spend every month, it will probably be necessary to find a way to make some extra income. I used to look at people who work from home as some elite group who were just lucky. There was no way I could never find a job that actually paid enough to replace my Read The Full Story
What to do when you can’t stick to a budget
This post contains affiliate links. Be sure to read my full disclosure here. Do you struggle to stick to a budget? Do you find yourself drawing out an awesome game plan only to break your budget the first time something unexpected comes up? If so, this plan is for you. You see, it's easy to get determined to stick to a budget and get your finances in order, but during the course of the month you: remember a birthday you forgot about, agree to go out with friends after work, encounter a car or home repair that demands money you didn't budget for...or any number of other Read The Full Story
Extreme Ways to Save Money
Making seemingly ridiculous sacrifices can not only help you afford to be a stay at home mom, but can secure your family financially for years to come. Some of these solutions are going to sound pretty extreme. In reality though, if you told someone you were going to take your income, cut it in half, AND add another person to your household, I’m pretty sure that would sound extreme. I can promise you that if you do even just one or two of these things, you’re going to notice significant savings that will push you closer to your goal of staying home with your kids. Move Yep. Seriously. Read The Full Story
Why You Should Consider Living in a Small Home…even with a Growing Family
There are so many benefits to living in a small home, even with a growing family, that I am surprised more people don’t consider it. When my husband and I were looking for a new home, we knew we wanted something manageable that would give us more time together. Anything was an upgrade from the RV we were currently living in! When we closed on our 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house, we had a 9 month old son and were already trying for baby number 2. While the idea of growing a family in a house that we had already realistically outgrown scared me, my husband used my own words from our dating Read The Full Story
