The Young Mommy Life

When I posted a couple weeks ago that I spend $50 a week on groceries, y’all started hitting me up hard and heavy. “Um, do share your secrets!”  “Dang, I wish!”  “Teach me, Tara. TEACH ME!!”  And really, I don’t have any magic secrets. I just don’t spend the money. LOL. But if you want [...]

So I’ve been plotting and thinking and planning and prepping for 2012. I got laid off at the end of 2010, so 2011 was a year of “yes” to anything and everything to make sure I could pay my bills and provide for my kids. I learned a lot of lessons, business and otherwise, and [...]

I figure if I put them here, it will help keep me accountable, right? Save $200 per month. Commit to one Sunday a month making freezer meals to help cut down on eating take-out. Go to the rec center 3x per week for a 45-minute workout (minimum). Write every day. Every. Day. Launch series of [...]

The most popular misconception about work-at-home moms is that we don’t work. Or rather, we work, but only for a little bit each day. They figure the rest of the day is spent watching TV or cleaning or cooking or hanging out with friends. This could not be further from the truth. I’ve never worked [...]

If you want to read the previous entries: Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5. I fell in love with this house, y’all. The outside isn’t much to look at (gravel driveway and all), but the inside (based on the pics from the listing agent) was goregous. Beautiful paint colors, elegant trim, built-in bookshelves, beyond [...]