10 Simple Steps to Start Utility Bills on a Tight Budget

10 Simple Steps to Start Utility Bills on a Tight Budget

Our Utility Bill Was Quietly the Biggest Budget Leak We Had For a long time, our utility bills for our family felt like one of those costs you just accept, fixed, unavoidable, nothing to be done about it. Then one particularly rough winter month, the bill jumped high enough that I finally sat down and … Read more

What I Wish I Knew About a Vacation Fund Before Becoming a Large Family

What I Wish I Knew About a Vacation Fund Before Becoming a Large Family

Our First Family Vacation Fund Fell Apart By Month Three With five of us, a family vacation was never going to be cheap, and my first attempt at a vacation fund for our large family fell apart within a few months because I went in with assumptions that just didn’t hold up for a household … Read more