Budgeting Tips

I went to Philadelphia last week for an authors convention for my new book, and met the most amazing employee’s of THE BODY SHOP. This very friendly manager (this is why she is a manager) named Gloria Sarmiento and her assistant manager Melissa Crofford, quickly helped me to find the most amazing sale on make [...]

Parties can cost you a fortune so you need to keep your Fun Budget in mind when you are feeling like partying. 1. Use the people that are coming as resources. Ask Aunt Missy to bring her famous carrot cake and ask Grandma to bring her delicious potato salad. Relatives love to bring dishes that [...]

I love Birch Bay, Washington. Payton and I went up there on Saturday with 8 of my family members to walk on the beach and have lunch. Of course I wanted to see how much fun we could have on $25. So here we go. We sat in the sun and read while the kids [...]

Some times we have to eat out for various reasons, The dog got up on the table and ate your roast, you forgot to take the meat out of the freezer and you need to be at a function with the family by 6:00, or someone is going to go home in a body bag if you don’t eat NOW. Whatever it is, it just is. So here are some ideas on how to make your money stretch.

Just like a diet you can make any excuse to go off your plan. Whether it is Mother’s Day, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Grounds Hog Day… Well to be truly successful you have to stick to it. My husband invited my whole family over for Mother’s Day breakfast (his famous French toast and sausage) While we were [...]

We started this wonderful day out by sleeping in. I have been working on my book and getting up at about 5 a.m. every morning. So with the help of some Tylenol PM (love this stuff) I slept until 9:30 this morning. Yea me My sweet hubby made his famous french toast, maple sausage, and [...]