Month: September 2013

September Wrap Up and October Goals

September is almost gone and October is right around the corner. Here’s how I did for September: 1) side hustle – 95% eh… not the best, but really this was my first month at trying to make any money on the side.  So, with that in mind I am not disappointed.  I sold an order […]

Categories: Monthly Goals

Faking It

Does faking it work? It’s no lie that there are days that I just do not have my stuff together, like the other day.  I wake up late or I just cannot seem to wake up.  I have zero motivation to get things done.  It happens to us all, well at least that is what […]

Categories: Career

Tags: faking it

A Life Lived

Last night I had one of those down moments.  Where everything just seemed to be going wrong.  There is not enough time to get the details done, I haven’t found time to finish thank you cards for a shower, J could not do anything right, the dogs were driving me crazy, and I just needed […]

Not Worth the Sacrifice

Is sacrifice really worth it? Recently I have come across a multitude of budgeting and personal finance blogs.  All have something great to offer and little bits of advice that are great to know.  While I was reading what things people gave up to become debt free, I realized that there were some items that […]

Categories: Budget

Tags: sacrifice

The Perfect Gallery Wall

I love a good gallery wall, they are eclectic and a good way to express my personality. Which obviously consists of a whole lot of mis-match items that when combined create something beautiful. Now that we are FINALLY in our new place and most of the boxes are unpacked, it was time to hang some […]

Budgeting To Have Freedom

I never wanted to be someone that lived paycheck-to-paycheck or had to ask my Husband if I could take a trip to the mall just because.  I learned early on, thanks to my awesome parents, that two people working together to build a life could still have freedom to do what they wanted.  J and […]

Categories: BudgetTips

Weekend Recap

A simple weekend recap. J went out of town for his Bachelor party this past weekend, which left me alone for the first time in our new place.  I’m not complaining because the dogs and I got the whole bed to ourselves.  Plus, they slept in an hour longer than usual as their gift to […]

Categories: Dogs