Musings & Ramblings

What food banks need — 2017 UPDATE – Holiday Food Donations, what your food bank needs the most The holidays are a popular time for donations to be made to food pantries. Before you start clearing out your pantry and freezer, however, it’s a good idea to see what food pantries really need. […]

Holiday Food Donations – What You Should & Shouldn’t Donate

11 Oct, 2017 in Hobbies & Holidays / Kids & Pets / Musings & Ramblings tagged food / helping others by Meg

5 Things I Regret Buying — Well the title explains it all. I’m pretty forgiving with myself but wow have we ever made some really, really bad financial decisions. 5 Things I Regret Buying 1. That damned car. We were tired of old cars that were cheap but needed tons of repairs in their short life […]

Things I Wish I Hadn’t Bought

5 Apr, 2016 in Musings & Ramblings tagged frugal / regret by Meg

Why I Wear Leggings Even Though I'm Overweight — I’m overweight. There, I said it. I enjoy a very mobile lifestyle. I count exploring the world and hiking in nature among my favorite hobbies. Heck, we moved across the country recently so we could be outside more. If my fitness tracker is to be believed I walk 14,000-18,000 steps […]

Why I Wear Leggings Despite Being Overweight

29 Mar, 2016 in Musings & Ramblings tagged soapbox by Meg

Easy mojito recipe — I don’t know why I call it a Mojito a Go Go, I just do. It seems to flow from the lips, especially after you’ve had one. I love Mojitos but I’d never made one from scratch, always a mix, until the day my husband brought home rum and margarita […]

Mojito A Go Go Recipe

15 Mar, 2016 in Musings & Ramblings tagged drinks / recipe by Meg

30 days to healthy with Nature Made — “This post was sponsored by Nature Made® as a part of a Blog Blast for Influence Central. Life changes can be hard. I’ve had some pretty serious health issues in the last year, including the diagnosis of a chronic condition. Add to that the fact that we moved from sunshine-laden […]

30-Days to Healthy Habits with Nature Made

11 Mar, 2016 in Musings & Ramblings tagged get healthy by Meg

books about frugal living — I’m sitting in bed this morning because I’m sick. I don’t get sick often but what’s even rarer is that the toddler is still sleeping and my boys haven’t figured out that I am awake. I could really use some coffee or tea but I don’t want to risk leaving […]

Books about Frugal Living

25 Feb, 2016 in Musings & Ramblings tagged books / frugal living by Meg

frugal living tips for the newly frugal — Maybe you just got married or welcomed a child into the world. Maybe you just graduated college and are making your way in the world. Maybe you lost your job. Maybe you want to quit your job to travel the world. Whatever brought you to frugal living, and to this […]

Frugal Living Tips for the Newly Frugal

17 Feb, 2016 in Musings & Ramblings tagged frugal living / tips by Meg

5 Frugal Things I Don't Do — Frugal living looks different to everyone, what works for me may not work for you and vice versa. I’m a busy person and as much as I love saving money, sometimes the payoff for something isn’t worth the time I invest. Top 5 Frugal Things I Don’t Do 1. I […]

Top 5 Frugal Things I Don’t Do

10 Feb, 2016 in Musings & Ramblings tagged frugal / time wasters by Meg

Frugal, inexpensive, cheap, super cheap menu meal plan — Some of my most popular posts are the frugal meal plans I throw together. I want you to know that every single frugal meal plan I share is one that we actually use.Just like you we have a bad week every once in a while and I want to share […]

Frugal Meal Plans

9 Feb, 2016 in Musings & Ramblings by Meg

fighting food stamp stigma who really uses food stamps — I’ve written before about the disgusting memes regarding food stamp recipients, comparing them to wild animals or worse. Well, it’s rearing it’s ugly head again (and I do mean ugly, what is uglier than denying children food??) because of proposed legislation in Missouri that would ban food stamp recipients from […]

Fighting Food Stamp Stigma

3 Feb, 2016 in Musings & Ramblings tagged food stamps / snap / welfare by Meg

No Yell New Year ThisBigHappy — Something has been weighing heavily on me lately. I do something regularly of which I am ashamed. You see, I’m a yeller, and I don’t like that. Sure, there are times when yelling is acceptable, such as when my child pulls away from my handhold and darts into a […]

How to Stop Yelling and Start Living

2 Feb, 2016 in Musings & Ramblings tagged parenting by Meg

Spend money to save money! — We’ve all heard the saying, “You need to spend money to make money!” but what about spending money to SAVE money? It goes against everything my brain knows about saving money, you can’t save money by spending money…or can you? Well, it’s true. There are some things that I’d normally […]

Spend Money to Save Money

28 Jan, 2016 in Musings & Ramblings by Meg

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