I pull back the curtains to reveal a beautiful and unseasonably warm February day here in Napa. Opening the back door, I can hear our chickens waking up to greet the day and breathe in the the fresh, crisp morning air that will soon heat up to over 70 degrees. There are many thoughts going …
Our little boy is turning one! Strange as it may seem, there was a part of me (OK, let’s be real – the whole me) that thought this day would never come. That our little man would stay little forever. Denial? Perhaps. Well, earth-to-mom – time only starts moving faster after having kids. After I got over …
During one of my mid-day walks with Will, we headed to the library to find some good reading material on how to start a family while cutting back financially. While I didn’t find exactly what I was looking for (maybe I should take a stab at writing a guide myself…), I did find a few …
Growing up in DC, when it came to freezers all I knew was the tiny excuse for a thing that lives in the fridge and collects half-eaten ice cream cartons. That’s what I thought freezers were for – well, for that, Eggos and Toaster Strudel. Then we moved to Napa, went to our first Junior …
You know, it’s pretty amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it, and I have to admit I’m even surprised that we’ve been able to live so well on so little since adjusting our budgets. Below are a few things we’ve done to change our spending habits – both large and …
