Unlike me, my husband has never had good credit. When we first started dating nearly 8 years ago he actually had a score somewhere in the 400’s. He’s not proud of that but he worked hard paying off old medical collection bills, and was finally able to open an unsecured credit card of his own. …
Why the 529 College Savings Plan is a “NOPE”
I’m a planner. I’ve always been one. I always will be. So when my son was born, I immediately started saving money for his “college fund”. Even if it was a measly $10 every two weeks at the time (we were two 25 year old kids with a baby and a cat, living off of …
FREE Easter Color By Number Printable
Published April 1st, 2020 Easter is approaching fast and my 4 year old son is exhausted from all the coloring pages he’s been decorating to help us remain entertained during our “stay at home” order here in Washington State. In order to switch things up, I decided create an activity page for him. Sure enough, …
Paying Off $11,930 of Debt in 3 Months: Part 1
Published on March 24th, 2020 $11,930 That’s a lot of money. I would even go so far as to say that at one time in my life, it’s more than I thought I would have ever seen. I turned 18 before the “Great Recession” hit. (Does it bother anyone else to call it that?) Anyway, …
FREE Easter Coloring Pages
Published on March 27th, 2020 Easter is on it’s way. Plan ahead and print off these free coloring pages for your kiddos. You can even pair these with some coloring crayons as an easter basket stuffer. All coloring pages are in a .PDF file format. “Bunny” Coloring Page — Download Here “Hoppy Easter” Coloring Page …
When the World Comes Crashing Down
Published on March 27th, 2020 When the World Falls Down. I watched Labyrinth only two weeks ago with my son for the first time. Although he loved it—as do I—I find it almost a strange coincidence that I’m in the position to be writing this article at this moment. As the pain sweeps through, Makes …
Pre-K Homeschooling in a COVID-19 Lockdown
Published on March 25th, 2020 Homeschooling. It’s brand new territory for me. I was never home schooled and I have no experience with it whatsoever at all. Sure, I dabbled in it this last summer because I was worried about my 3 year old son’s language development. I wanted him to be prepared for preschool. …
When a Fighter Quits Fighting
Update 3/26/2020: Due to some of our readers’ responses we would like to clarify that this opinion piece is not written about any one person. This piece is about the author’s feelings towards observing the ones they once felt close to and the difficulty of trying to reconcile with both the emotional and physical loss …
Quick Easter Egg Crochet Applique
Published on February 28th, 2020 Easter is coming up, so it’s time to get started on some decorations. This is a pretty easy (10 minutes or less) pattern for an Easter egg applique. It’s going to be part of a larger project that I’m working on, but this pattern is great to use for any …
Healthy IS Cheap.
Published on February 28th, 2020 Unpopular opinion: Healthy IS in fact cheap. I don’t know exactly why but somewhere along the way, collectively our society began to regurgitate the biggest contributing myth to our rising health crisis: “Eating healthy is too expensive.“ Well, I’m calling bullshit. I actually have called bullshit on this, time and …