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8 Action Steps for a Frugal February!

Family Balance Sheet

How are you doing with the financial goals you made for 2023? Unfortunately, many people abandon their New Year’s goals by mid-January and everything goes downhill from there. The goal of Frugal February is NOT to feel deprived, but rather to find creative ways to get through the month without unnecessary spending.

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Healthy Habits: Stay Fit While Working from Home

Motherhood Moments

Research conducted by online fitness resource Total Shape found the best ways to keep active while working from home. During covid, 70% of the workforce was working from home (WFH) and since then, 61.9% When working from home, sometimes our activities can be even more limited. Studies have shown that walking between 1 and 2.5

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Your Best Summer Staycation

Shereen Travels Cheap

We explored a lot of places 1-3 hours from home and I think I may just start doing this more often now, too. Maybe a historical building or home? My goal right now is to go to our Japanese American Museum, but I also haven't been to the Portland Art Museum in a long time, so I hope to get to both of those at some point.

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Being Intentional With My Time, Finances, and Food – My Goals for 2012

Couponing 101

I shared on the Couponing 101 Facebook page recently that my word for 2012 is “intentional” Despite making lots of goals, I tend to struggle with controlling my day-to-day actions to reach my desired goals. I really love making goals. I tend to set a lot of goals, but I rarely meet all my goals.

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WIS, WWA | all Safeway

The Frugal Girl

I never had room for a toaster oven at my other house, but I do really like having one here, especially for reheating things or making two-person servings of food. Monday I had a snacky dinner earlier, and then when Zoe came home from her evening shift at work, she had a frozen pizza. Wednesday Leftover chicken quesadillas.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

We share our home with a 70lb rescued mutt. After I had kids, I swapped that time to growing all sorts of interesting heirloom foods in my backyard. Besides dealing with my sudden unemployment when my oldest child was a toddler, I was hoping to figure out a way to extend my time at home with him. Enjoying some outdoor time.

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Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending

The Frugal Girl

The repeated defrosting cycles tend to cause freezer burn on foods pretty quickly, so I try not to keep things in my kitchen freezer for long at all. Related: A post about freezing food in glass jars. And here’s a post about freezing food odds and ends. Here’s my cinnamon bread recipe , in case you want to make some!)