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Meet a Reader | AF in Virginia

The Frugal Girl

Most of my evenings/weekends are just hanging out (largely at home and in the yard with my family). As an adult, I can see it was likely a mixture of not enough income, high cost of living area, mismanagement of money, and kids just being expensive for single mothers particularly. How long have you been reading The Frugal Girl?

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Caring Causes - Little Bricks Charity

Motherhood Moments

Russell ( @LittleBricksCharityGuy) and Local Forth Worth Ambassadors are set to deliver over $5,000 worth of LEGO® Sets and products for the kids at Cook Children’s. The Founder of LittleBricks Charity has traveled all the way from Virginia to deliver these LEGO® Sets to the charity’s 32nd Children’s Hospital in the past 13 months. “I

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Yes Virginia, There is a Money Tree

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Well, kids, your parents lied to you – money does grow on trees. One way to do this in a two income family is to live off of one income and bank the other. #117046655 / gettyimages.com. The proverbial saying ‘money doesn’t grow on trees’ is used by many a parent in denying some wished for item to their children.

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Summer Staycation Ideas: Enjoy the U.S. on a Budget

Family Balance Sheet

Jacksonville, Florida ~ Saving The Family Money. Omaha, Nebraska ~ Family Fun in Omaha. Erie, Pennsylvania ~ Growing Kids Ministry. Harrisburg/Central, Pennsylvania ~ Family Balance Sheet. Providence, Rhode Island ~ Everyday Family Living. Charlottesville, Virginia ~ How to Have it All. F – I.

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How to Plan a Multi-Generation Family Vacation

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We Baby Boomers are fueling the travel industry and many of us are taking our extended families along on our vacations. We aren’t the first generation of my family to include multiple generations on trips though. She was in her seventies at the time, my spouse and I in our forties and our kids were tween and teen.

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Fun Staycation Ideas From All Across the Country

Family Balance Sheet

Maven of Savin' Manchester, New Hampshire - Common Sense with Money Western Maine - Bubblegum and Lollipops Mid-Atlantic Erie, Pennsylvania - Growing Kids Ministry Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - Somewhat Crunchy Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - Family Balance Sheet Buffalo/Niagara Falls, New York - Coupons, Deals and More New Jersey - Oh!

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Plan a Staycation: Enjoy Your City on a Budget

Family Balance Sheet

Erie, Pennsylvania :: Growing Kids Ministry. Greater Harrisburg, Pennsylvania :: Family Balance Sheet. Cincinnati, Ohio :: Family Friendly Cincinnati. Jacksonville, Florida :: Saving The Family Money. Charlottesville, Virginia :: How to Have it All. Richmond, Virginia :: Teachers of Good Things.