Author: lifestylesofthefunandfrugal

Happy Wednesday! Awhile back, I got the itch to make this cute DIY project and it received really positive feedback from everyone who has seen it so I thought I would share it with you! 🙂 I had needed something in my entryway and I wanted it to reflect us as a family.  I wanted… Continue reading DIY // The Places We Have Called Home

Have you heard the news?! Amazon is increasing the prices for Amazon Prime from $99/year to $119/year starting in May of this year.  Although I am not super excited to pay more money each year, we will still be subscribing to Amazon Prime and here are some of the reasons why: The obvious: Free 2-Day… Continue reading 6 Reasons We Will Be Renewing our Amazon Prime Membership

I have always have a love for the library, probably because I love books so much.  It turns out, there's a lot more to the library than just checking out books so I thought I'd share some of them with you! 1.       ABCMouse.com On a recent trip, I found out our local… Continue reading More Reasons to Love the Library

When we bought our first house, it came with a little area for a vegetable garden.  We had so much fun planting all of the veggies and then picking them when the time came.  After we moved, we weren't able to have another vegetable garden for quite awhile so now that we are all settled… Continue reading Our Garden

Hello, Friends! I've been thinking a lot lately about budgets and about why we invest our time into doing a budget.  What is our motivation for budgets and how does that change over the years? I started my first budget when I was about 19 years old.  My motivation was basically to save money for… Continue reading Why We Budget and Why It’s Important