You're online. You're reading a blog. Therefore, you probably know about Amazon Prime. You hear about it everywhere! It took me years to finally purchase Prime. I wasn't sure it was worth it. Oh my goodness, I wish I had done it sooner! Yes, I love the two-day shipping. That is a huge benefit for someone who orders from Amazon all the time. I love no longer having to wait until I have a certain amount before I order (although, sometimes I forget and still wait for a while). However, there are … [Read more...]

Do you find it easy to spend money? I know I do. There is always something new or excited or even practical that I want to buy. With advertising and marketing, it can be easy to be sucked into thinking you need to buy a certain item. It can be hard to make wise decisions when spending money because, if you are like me, you want to buy it all! Since none of us have unlimited money, most of us have learned to curb our desire to spend. But what if I told you there are products that save money? Yes, … [Read more...]

A number of years ago I wrote a post about why we don't use cash and use a debit card instead. Then my husband began a battle with depression and took almost a month off work while he got the help he needed and leveled back out again. We had enough coming in from short-term disability to pay for our bills (barely) but there wasn't enough left for groceries. Between what I had left from our lumberjack competition "running money" and from selling things we didn't need, I was able to buy our … [Read more...]