The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

I’ve been an architect, day-care teacher to toddlers, and library clerk, but am currently a SAHM to a 14yo son and 9yo daughter. After I had kids, I swapped that time to growing all sorts of interesting heirloom foods in my backyard. We share our home with a 70lb rescued mutt. Enjoying some outdoor time.

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Motherhood Moments

JANUARY 24, 2023

The daughter of a Puerto Rican mother and Yugoslavian immigrant father, Schmitz knows what it means to be an “outsider.” Dads show vision every day, whether by organizing a soup kitchen or building a backyard fort with their children. It was grit that helped me persist through the fires – even though that scale kept tipping.

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

MARCH 11, 2024

This can ultimately lead to substantial savings that can go toward your financial goal and keep you from being wasteful. Go build a treehouse in the backyard or teach your kids how to bake. With a meal plan, you will only get what you need. Don’t know where to start? Here are a few family meal plan templates you can check out.

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