Tips and Tricks
Moving Abroad – tips from this side of the pond
I'm hoping my handful of loyal readers and commenters can help me out here. Rachel has a great post this week about how … [Read More...]
No-Spend Month
No-Spend: Final Q&A
It's time to wrap this up with the questions I answered on "Afternoon Schmooze" on Rusty Mike Radio. You can listen to the podcast here. And now, the Q&A: You went on a spending diet. Why? As our income has increased, … [Read More...]
Homelife
The Joy of Meal Planning
Recently, I took the time to read the archives of Small Notebook, one of my favorite blogs, written by Rachel Meeks. The amount of simple tips and excellent points is almost enough to be overwhelming. In a good way. It's going to take me a while to implement all of the new ideas, but I'm getting started … [Read More...]
Recent Posts
Has anyone seen my wagon?
As the end of the month approaches, it would be fair to say we’ve … uh … fallen off the wagon a bit. Perhaps jumped off the back of the wagon and ran the other way might be more accurate. Like an Oregon Trail leader on bare bones rations. Okay, I’m probably exaggerating a little… [Continue Reading]
A Tale of Two Chickens
It’s time for an update. The numbers are not so pretty. When we last met, we had spent NIS 270 of our allotted NIS 1000. We were doing quite well. You might recall that I mentioned in a previous post that we had a couple chickens and a brisket in our freezer. Funny how we didn’t actually… [Continue Reading]
Lessons learned thus far
If you’d asked me a week ago what we were going to learn from trimming the budget for a month, I’d have come back with a witty reply like “how to lose weight inexpensively.” So I’m pleased to say that I am learning things that I couldn’t have anticipated. Having such a tight budget is… [Continue Reading]
