Articles related to family – children, parents, grandparents, etc. How to live a financially responsible lifestyle while giving your family the best possible life.
Over the past few years, meal kit delivery services have become increasingly popular. In fact, according to Time Magazine, the meal kit service industry was estimated to be worth USD$2.2 billion globally as of the year 2017. The US alone has over 150 meal kit companies. A meal kit service is a food subscription business
For many of us, pets are dear family members. Thanks to the advances in veterinary medicine, there is nearly no limit to what you can do for your sick or injured pet. Whether it’s a kidney transplant, radiation therapy, or even outfitting carbon fiber for prosthetic limbs, almost anything can be done. However, veterinary costs
Our 11-year-old dog Maddox is the center of our world. He pretty much sleeps all day, but he is always there to greet us at the door or to curl up for a cuddle on the couch. For the first 8 years of his life, he cost us almost nothing outside of food, toys (so
If your house is like mine you have family visit and it looks like a barren, tornado-ravaged wasteland all rolled into one. I love my family, I really do, but when they come to town it always feels like they eat us out of house and home. Instead of the normal and somewhat frugal lifestyle
If you are a family that is choosing to have your wife stay at home in order to care for your house and/or your children, often it feels like you may have made the wrong decision. Shouldn’t “the lady of the house” be working and bringing in income as well? After all, that’s what many
The following review was written by Amy – a busy working mother of two children. If you’d like to share your thoughts on a service or product you’ve tried, please let us know. As a full-time working mom of two kiddos, I appreciate anything that can save me time and/or money. Something that can do
For parents, the greatest responsibility (besides leading them to Christ) we have is showing our kids how to manage their money. With how much our world is centered around money, and the trials and tribulations that are associated with money, we owe it to our kids to teach them for 18 years of their life
According to Wikipedia (just to flaunt my credibility from the start), a hobby is an “activity, interest, enthusiasm, or amateur pastime that is undertaken for pleasure or relaxation, typically done in one’s leisure time.” I like how the definition implies that the activity is life-giving. Along with the definition, the site provides over 250 ideas
We’ve written quite a bit about the Great Depression. I think one of the reasons for this is because we’ve had family members who lived through it. Another big reason is there are many lessons that we can learn from that period. From how they saved money, farmed and survived it. While some economists and
I don’t remember what my grandparents got me for Christmas two years ago. I’ll never forget what they taught and modeled for our family though. What my wife (Alli) and I, along with every other family member received was an idea, a challenge, and resources. Grandpa and Grandma started a trust that was dedicated solely
