- Goodbye, mortgage!
In January 2003, my husband and I bought our first house, and saddled ourselves with our first mortgage — I believe the first payment was due in March 2003. And in March 2018, just about exactly 15 years later, we made our final mortgage payment. S…
- 15 May 18, 3:55pm -
- Achieving our goals, thanks to long-term frugality
Since it’s been a year and a half since I posted anything on here, I guess I’m a bit overdue for an update. All is well here, but I’m currently freelance writing for four separate organizations, so there is always paid work to be done when I’…
- 31 Dec 17, 7:40pm -
- Still here!
Hello dear readers! Since it’s been five months since my last post, I guess I’m a bit overdue for an update. I just read through that last one, and it was sort of like reading a journal entry. All of the things I mentioned are still going well. A…
- 19 Jul 16, 12:12am -
- An update from our frugal corner of the world
Hello friends! I got an email from a reader today (Hi Jean!) checking to make sure that nothing had happened to me, since my little blog world here has been so quiet. So I figured this would be a good time to check in with some quick updates on our l…
- 12 Feb 16, 6:20am -
- Outfitting our whole life – second hand
Our second grader (my how time has flown!) is in choir this year. He absolutely loves it, and looks forward to Tuesday mornings despite the fact that he has to be at school 50 minutes early for choir practice. We love seeing him have so much fun…
- 22 Sep 15, 11:49pm -