Tacos single handedly saved our finances. You heard me right. We went from over $120k in debt to living a life of financial freedom thanks to tacos. No, we’re not taco tycoons with endless income and franchising opportunities. We didn’t buy stock in Taco Bell. Nor did my great great grandmother invent that delicious taco […]
Wen my husband and I first sat down and looked at our budget we realized we were spending more than $300 per week on groceries for TWO of us. That’s on top of eating out and not counting the meals we were getting eating at the in-laws for family dinners. That’s a ton of money […]
Starting out in our relationship 7 years ago we thought were doing well. We bought a large home together, both had the jobs we had worked hard for and loved, and had our wedding coming up. We seemed to be way ahead of our peers in the check off boxes of life and we were […]
There has been a drastic evolution in the process since our inaugural monthly budget meeting (thank goodness). January 13th, 2017. A day that will go down in infamy. Here’s a little bit of a backstory. If you haven’t read Our Story, please do, but I’ll give you the quick an dirty of it. A few […]
Living Life Loving Us was nominated for the Liebster Award 2018! As a new blogger who is just doing something I love, I am beyond excited, honored, and all around tickled to be nominated for this award. I started this blog as a way to express my creativity, share some tips and admittedly mostly to […]
*This post is numbers intensive, and as a momma who is REALLY bad at math I promise, in the end it will all make sense (or cents…)!! Keep reading for how to save thousands on baby diapers!* “Baby’s are expensive” It’s all I seemed to hear once I got pregnant, and after spending a small […]
You don’t always think gourmet when you think Cobb Salad but when you cook with a fireman nothing is done on a basic level. This variation, appropriately named the Ultimate Cobb Salad, seasons every layer to perfection creating a powerful punch of flavor from the seasoned chicken breast to the zesty, homemade honey mustard vinaigrette. […]
“How do get your husband to do the budget with you?” It’s a question I get asked almost on a daily basis. I talk endlessly at work, home and with my friends about budgeting. I get many of them on board and we lay out a budget for them, but then the inevitable happens. They […]
Your income is something that may not be changing any time in the near future, but you are very much in charge of what you spend. Many people are wasting money and don’t even realize it. I’ve compiled the top 6 bad spending habits that have helped us to go from living paycheck to paycheck […]
Yay for our first travel blog! Though we’ve been on a lot of adventures in the past few years – even little Sophia has been on quite a few – this is our first adventure since starting our blog, and I’m super excited to share it with you. Our plan is to eventually share […]
It’s 11:30 at night. You’ve got one eye on the baby monitor and the other on the clock. You’re just counting down the minutes until you should go back in and pick the baby up. You started putting the babes to bed at 7:45. You were lucky. She went down so easily. The sleep teaching worked. […]
