Fiscal Fast Week!!! - 2014 Beginning of the Week.

Fiscal Fast Week! What is Fiscal Fast Week? Well for those of you who have never heard of a fiscal fast, I seriously suggest reading The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches by Jeff Yeager.  It's a great read and Jeff Yeager has a lot of great tips for helping you view your money...

Breaking the Paycheck to Paycheck Money Cycle Challenge - Month Two

  Month Two: saving $15 or making an extra $15 to save :) Here we go with Month 2 already here. So as an experiment I am going to try his suggested survey site and see if I can indeed make the $15 for the month from them. Step One: I poked around the archives on the site to see if there...

Summer Reading Program For Kids!!! - 2014

So this year I have a kindergartener, who just so happens to love books! He has a collection of books that we keep in "his library" aka what used to be a linen closet. What better to do then to get my kindergartener who loves books into a summer reading program. Start them out early and they'll...

Breaking the Paycheck to Paycheck Money Cycle Challenge - Month One

So there is the great blogger called The Penny Hoarder and I am a big fan of his blog. He shares a lot of unique and easy ways to save and earn a little bit of extra cash. And as a stay-at-home parent and a military family we love and need these ideas. Now I also do spend a lot of time researching...

I Have Been Bit By The Baking Bug... My New Baking Obsession January 2014

Cake Truffles and Chocolate Truffles and Cake Pops!!! Oh my they all just sound so good! So I am starting off my baking obsession for the new year with learning how to make Cake Pops and Truffles! Can you say yum a thousand ways because that is pretty much what Cake Truffles equal :) Step One Learn How To: Make Cake Balls - The basics behind a cake pop or round cake truffle. Found this video on youtube. It's very informative even though the girl who made it is like 13 and slightly creepy but...