17 Cheap Christmas Activities Your Family Will Love
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17 Cheap Christmas Activities Your Family Will Love

Christmas often feels financially overwhelming, but these cheap Christmas activities bring all the holiday spirit on a budget. We lived on a tight budget for years, but I never wanted my kids to feel like we couldn’t do things during the holiday season. I wanted the memories of this season to be treasured all their…

Acidity for Canning: Why It Matters for Safe Canning
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Acidity for Canning: Why It Matters for Safe Canning

If you’ve spent time canning, you’ve heard all about acid levels and why it determines if you can safely water bath can food. Acidity for canning is truly important! While canning jellies and jams are one of my favorite activities, it is important to understand how to do so correctly. There are a lot of…

Time to Decide: Are Cloth Diapers A Good Choice for My Family?

Time to Decide: Are Cloth Diapers A Good Choice for My Family?

Cloth diapers are an environmentally safe, money saving choice for parents. An average family can spend over $1,000 on disposable diapers for one child. A family can spend under $500 on a stash of cloth diapers that lasts longer than one child. Trying to decipher and understand the cloth diaper world is challenging at first!…