Sam, Coffee, Money, & Thyme

      Last night I had a few things I needed for the house so decided since I was venturing out to a store, I'd go ahead and try my 3 Me...

      February starts Monday and it is a nice neat tidy four week month with no lingering days since not leap a year. I decided this was a g...

I was pretty spot on last week in my menu plan. Some careful shopping, a minor rogue purchase by DH, and I am left with only $12.50 in the S...

"Hold onto your britches; it's going to be a bumpy ride." September will be the financial beast of all beasts. Last month I re...

August is in the books. In totaling everything for the vacation, we came in at $15,552, which was higher than I thought it would be, but...

We ate well this past week, though my plan was quite skewed. It does help to have a big list of possible meals to pick and choose from. We h...

I apologize for my absence this week writing or commenting on others blogs. I've had an insane work and personal schedule this week, ...

Happy Mother's Day to all celebrating being a mom, having a mom, or having or being  someone in your life that is special  in a mom li...

My mel an choliness from Friday is over or at least pushed aside.  Sometimes talking or in this case writing out angst, is enough to get ...

I  menu planned on Saturday. Clearly this was not a plan but  list of suggestions for me. I've changed everything up, including not c...

The April Piggy Bank has been fed. Well, actually, it went on a crash diet, but all good as we fully funded our Roth at $13,0000. We had ...

A few weeks back, I was making something with rice, and thought I was going to be short. DH picked up rice among other things, buying a mass...

Show choir, traveling soccer, honors choir, and violin. DD2 is loaded with extras in her days beyond school. Add driving to the list, and th...

My piggy bank is back. Despite being way off the mark in our 2nd half of 2016 goals, I found the goal kept me focused and better discipli...