One way we’ve kept expenses low since we added a baby to the family two years ago is by buying most of her items used. Buying second hand made sense to us on many levels. For one thing, babies grow and change so quickly that it was easy to find second hand items that looked… [Read More]

For the past couple of weeks, my husband and I have been working hard in every spare minute we have to get our house ready to sell. I had no idea preparing the house to list would be so much work! We have cleaned almost every square inch of our living space in the course… [Read More]

Congratulations to the two winners of our Earth Day Giveaway! The Holdaways won a copy of Dr. Suess’s The Lorax. For Earth Day, they plan to get started on planting a garden. Please email me at centsable.katherine[at]gmail.com with your mailing address to claim your prize. Darci won a copy of Eco-Friendly Families by Helen Coronato…. [Read More]

Earth Day is coming up on April 22! Visit the Earth Day Network website to search for activities and events in your area or to see how you can become involved. Whatever you decide to do, I encourage you to make an extra effort this coming week to consider how your choices impact the Earth’s… [Read More]

While Kristin has been traveling around the country and dealing with Daylight Savings time issues, I’ve been partly out of commission myself. I’m expecting our second child around October 10 which means I’m about 13 weeks pregnant now. My husband and I are absolutely thrilled. However, so far the first trimester symptoms of exhaustion and… [Read More]