No Spend Months

We’ve had a stretch of wintry days here and it’s been a lovely time of cozying in. The boys have delighted in the morning frost, freezing rain, and ice treasures. There have been a host of simple meals made on the wood stove. School books have flown freely with little boys filling their minds with…

I’m not sure when it happened, but recently I’ve been pulling further away from those things that aren’t the absolute bare necessities of life. This is evident in my less-than-usual frequency of posting here, but also in so many other facets of our life. The papa has taken two days off per week for much…

I recently received a hand-written letter from a dear friend we had to say good-bye to when we moved to the south. We met at the farmers market, of course, and bonded over her handmade soaps and the need for keeping my baby’s skin free from the nasty stuff in store-bought soap. This letter was…

Last week I was seemingly all over the board in my articles on frugality. First I talked about something our family has been thinking about recently with the cost of everything going up in… Mitigating the Effects of Inflation Next up I shared a recipe for one of our family’s most recent favorite ways to…