One Sought Me

After posting some ideas about tips for the family budget, I had many positive responses and am encouraged that many of you will be putting forth an effort to set a food budget and stay within that budget.  Take a visit here to view the previous post. Miserly Moms by Jonni McCoy is an excellent resource for money saving tips, menus, recipes, and family organization.  After looking it up on Amazon, apparently my copy is the "collectable" edition...oh geez, that makes me feel old.  There is a newer edition that Jonni has available in a Kindle version for $7.99 .  Note: Kindles weren't invented yet when I was starting out as a SAHM (Stay At Home Mom)  Ha.ha.laugh.   Here are some highlights from the book (the one made of paper) :   1. Don't Confuse Frugality with Depriving Yourself  2. Remove Little Wasters of Your Money 3. Don't Buy Everything at the Same Store 4. Make Your Own Whenever Possible 5. Eliminate Convenience Foods ...

Don't hate me because I'm "one of those!" Yes, it's true....I'm a stay-at-home mom home schooling our 4 children and I hope to keep it that way!  There are times when things can get really tight on the budget with a family of 6 (soon to be 8 through adoption) on a single income, but God provides - always .  When He meets our needs, it's affirmation to me that home is my place to be and this is how our family runs well.  Being a stay-at-home mom isn't every one's cup of tea, and it might not always work this way for us either, but I sure enjoy it while I can.  Many people ask me how we do it.  Mostly it's questions about home schooling and the budget to stay at home to do that.  So I'd like to take a blog post of time to share with you our best money saving tips and tricks.  Ready for this?  It's really good stuff. Are. you. ready??   I actually don't have a magic answer! But somehow someway every time, God has got us covered! G...