Minding My Peas

Healthy Grocery Budget Planning

October 30, 2019 Budgeting 1 Comment

Cutting the Grocery Budget When anybody is looking to cut back on expenses, the grocery budget is usually a pretty easy place to look. This is one of the biggest spending categories for most Americans. In my opinion, it is also the easiest area to cut expenses. You can’t exactly…

Building Habits Before the New Year

The beginning of a new year always inspires me. There is endless potential wrapped up in every blank calendar page, and as a planner kind of gal, I just love it. I am great at making plans. I’m not always great at following through. Recently though, I’ve made plans (hahaha,…

5 Quick Ways to Reset For Moms

October 18, 2019 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments 1 Comment

Resets in Motherhood Motherhood is a patchwork quilt of rollercoaster moments. There are the big dips and wheels–like adding a new child to the tribe– that are wild and tumultuous, but you see them coming and are somewhat ready for them. There are those rare moments of calm where you…

Creating a Budget: Zero-Based Budget Basics

October 16, 2019 Budgeting No Comments

Creating a Zero-Based Budget for Saving If you read last weeks post in this budgeting series, hopefully you’ve had some time to think about why you want to tackle your savings goals. If you didn’t, you can read that post here. This week we’re going to get into the nitty…

Best of the Kids Library Haul

October 11, 2019 Kids Book Reviews No Comments

Back before my lengthy and mostly unintentional blogging hiatus, I was also in the habit of sharing our favorite childrens books from our library haul each week. Our lives have changed significantly since then, but I do want to make a point to share our favorite children’s books once a…

Creating a Budget: Know Your Why

October 9, 2019 Budgeting 1 Comment

Creating a Budget: What is Your Why? When we mention that we’re debt free, or talk about big saving plans, or want to buy a house with cash, one of the first questions we hear is, “Well, how do you do it?” Most of the time, people are actually asking…

What I Read: September

October 4, 2019 Reading Challenge Reading Life No Comments

I did it, you guys! Not only did I catch up on my reading this month, but I’m three books AHEAD! I’m so excited! Now if I can just keep this momentum up and finish out the year strong, that would be great… October should be a good reading month,…

Buying Our Genesis House

October 2, 2019 Budgeting 3 Comments

Buying the house Four years ago, on a cool, rainy October day, Josh and I walked into a lawyer’s office to buy a house and walked out fifteen minutes later home owners. Buying a home is a pretty typical American thing to do. You get married, have a few kids,…

A Year With Four

September 25, 2019 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments

Siegfried turned 1 in June. It says a lot about the business of life with four, just to admit that I started this post on his birthday…. and am just now finishing and posting it! He is jolly and active and already has a sense of humor–which is a very…

What I Read: August 2019

September 6, 2019 Uncategorized No Comments

I am STILL 3 books behind schedule for this year! Ugh! At least 3 books sounds manageable, but I did have hopes that I would have caught up entirely in August. Oh well! I only read 9 books in August, so I shouldn’t be surprised. I keep counting on really…