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It’s time to share November’s complete budget update. Getting these numbers all together has me really excited to share the cost breakdown from the big trip we took in November. I can’t wait to tell you all about it and share some really great tips for affordable family trips! In other news, my course Grocery […]

The year is quickly finishing up and we’re due for some budget updates! Rest assured we’re still over here budgeting!  I know you didn’t expect anything less! If you’re looking for some frugal holiday tips, check out my blog series 25 Days of Christmas Cheer on a Budget. Without further ado, here’s how we earned […]

Publishing our family’s budget update for September is kind of a milestone for me. The very first time I shared our real numbers budget here was September 2013. That makes EIGHT years our making our family’s personal finances public. For most people that’s a crazy idea. And it was for us at first too.  When […]

“Better late than never” is pretty much my motto over here lately. We went thought August’s budget and set September’s budget right at the end of August as usual. It just took a little while for me to make time to sit down and type up the post about it! This homeschooling four kids while […]

It’s time for our monthly budget update. I typed this up at the beginning of the month, but I was waiting to post it until we filmed the accompanying video where Mike and I walk you through our actual budget in YNAB. But a lot has happened this month and that video pretty was low […]

It’s monthly budget update time!  As usual, we’re sharing what we did with our money last month.  If you’re new here, let me make a quick introduction. We are a family of 8 in Northern California.  Mike is an attorney for the State of California and I stay home (and now homeschool) our six kiddos.  […]

It’s time for another budget update!  I was a little late in getting April’s budget update put together, so if you missed it, you can find it here. The most exciting part of May’s budget was putting a big chunk of money toward our mortgage.  For several months we’ve been contemplating putting in solar, which […]

Phew! We are essentially done with our first year of homeschooling. I don’t know how those one room schoolhouse teachers handled things, because four kids in four grades with two littles, was no small feat!  It was great for lots of reasons and we don’t regret it at all, but the blog has definitely been […]