Back to School: Save Money and Your Sanity
photo credit: Ivan Walsh
It’s “Back to School” time! I’m sure you’ve been seeing the commercials and advertisements all over TV, the web and in your local newspaper urging you rush out and buy your kid’s school supplies and clothes before they’re all gone. With 3 kids out of school and my baby starting her [...]
You Can Live Frugally Without Being Cheap
Some people still associate living frugally with being cheap, as in chintzy. But that’s simply not the case! Living frugally involves making the most of what you have, looking for – and taking advantage of – good deals on everything you buy, and stretching your paycheck as far it will possibly stretch. Being cheap, on [...]
Tips to Keep Your Business Growing During the Busy Summer Months
photo credit: ginnerobot
Summer is in full swing now (at least in some parts of the world) and with Summer come various activities that can keep you busy that don’t have anything to do with your business. There are Weddings, Graduations, Family Reunions, Vacations (long and short), Summer Festivals, Family Visits and on and [...]
Star-Spangled T-Shirts
Several years ago, our homeschool group took a trip to Washington DC to see the sites in the city. Before we went on our trip, our group got together to tie-dye t-shirts. Our red, white, and blue t-shirts were fun to make and they helped to keep our group together too! My children still wear [...]
Tips to Keep Your Kids Busy this Summer
Depending on where you live, your kids may already be out of school for the summer, or you may be fast approaching the day when your kids will be home all day with you. As a work at home mom you may find it more difficult to find the time to work and to focus [...]
Don’t Let the Day Get Away From You – Go Catch It!
Yawn.
Ever wake up like that?
And then stumble to the computer, with intentions to jump right into your first task for the day?
Sort of.
Maybe check email first. Hey, there’s a facebook comment, better reply. And check twitter too, after all, you’re not feeling very focused yet. You’ll work into it.
Time is a wasting. Just a [...]
Juggling a Work at Home Business with a Newborn
Working at home mom with a newborn baby can be difficult, especially those first couple of weeks home from the hospital.
The first thing to do is plan ahead. Before the baby is born, get ahead in your business as much as possible. For example, if you have a business blog, write as many posts as [...]
Quick intro for ya!
Hi everyone! I am so thrilled to be blogging here, and about one of my favorite topics: Being frugal.
I am Amy, mom to 4 and wife to one busy man. We farm a small place in Nebraska, homeschool our kids, and try to stay happy. Being frugal makes everything so much less stressful. I don’t [...]
Eliminating Distractions in Your Work at Home Office… Ha!
When you work at home, possibly your most useful skill will become the ability to eliminate distractions.
Here are a few things that I’ve tried with varying degrees of success…
Close your office door when possible. This may often be impossible as at any given time there are probably going to be 3 people standing in it.
Shut [...]
How to Get It Done – When You Don’t Want To
We all have them.
Days when we would just rather not.
Sigh.
What’s the best approach?
HUNT AND PECK
This one is good to use when you just can’t bear the thought of spending any more time or energy than is absolutely necessary on something that really needs to be done.
Here are the steps…
1. Set aside an allotted time that [...]
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