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February 2021 Grocery Haul

Hey friends!  I’m back with another monthly grocery haul!  I took a break from sharing our grocery shopping in January because I was focusing all of my blogging time and energy on working with my...

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Real Family Budget Update– January 2021

It’s time for another monthly budget update!  Well, maybe past time, but better late than never! It still blows my mind that we’ve been sharing our budget updates here for over seven years.  Our...

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Frugal Feats, Flops, and Funnies: Kids and Kale Edition

Several years ago I had a series on Six Figures Under where I would share our weekly frugal adventures.  My daughter was reading through some of those posts recently and told me I should share more...

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Real Family Budget Update– February 2021

It’s time to share our February budget update. We hit a milestone this month with our mortgage payoff goal. We have now paid off over $100,000 of our mortgage since we set the goal 28 months ago.  We...

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Real Family Budget Update– March 2021

Regular life has been so full lately that I’m a little late reporting our budget update for March. Between working on our garden and orchard, homeschooling the four older kids while taking care of the...

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Real Family Budget Update– April 2021

Phew! We are essentially done with our first year of homeschooling. I don’t know how those one room schoolhouse teachers handled things, because four kids in four grades with two littles, was no small...

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June 2021 Grocery Haul

Hey friends!  I’m back with another monthly grocery haul!  I took a break from sharing our grocery shopping for a while. In the beginning of the year I was focusing all of my blogging time and energy...

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Real Family Budget Update– May 2021

It’s time for another budget update!  I was a little late in getting April’s budget update put together, so if you missed it, you can find it here. The most exciting part of May’s budget was putting a...

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Real Family Budget Update- June 2021

It’s monthly budget update time!  As usual, we’re sharing what we did with our money last month.  If you’re new here, let me make a quick introduction. We are a family of 8 in Northern California....

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Real Family Budget Update- July 2021

It’s time for our monthly budget update. I typed this up at the beginning of the month, but I was waiting to post it until we filmed the accompanying video where Mike and I walk you through our actual...

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Real Family Budget Update- August 2021

“Better late than never” is pretty much my motto over here lately. We went thought August’s budget and set September’s budget right at the end of August as usual. It just took a little while for me to...

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Real Family Budget Update- September 2021

Publishing our family’s budget update for September is kind of a milestone for me. The very first time I shared our real numbers budget here was September 2013. That makes EIGHT years our making our...

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Real Family Budget Update- October 2021

The year is quickly finishing up and we’re due for some budget updates! Rest assured we’re still over here budgeting!  I know you didn’t expect anything less! If you’re looking for some frugal holiday...

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Real Family Budget Update- November 2021

It’s time to share November’s complete budget update. Getting these numbers all together has me really excited to share the cost breakdown from the big trip we took in November. I can’t wait to tell...

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Real Family Budget Update- December 2021

Happy New Year friends! I hope it’s off to a good start. We have some exciting financial plans for 2022, but first we have to finish up sharing our numbers for 2021. If you’re new here, we’ve been...

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Cost Breakdown for Our 10-Day Washington DC Trip – Family of 8

In November our family of 8 took an amazing 10-day trip to Washington DC.  It was our first family trip flying instead of driving! Mike and I had visited Washington DC (just the two of us) two years...

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Electricity is going waaaay up! (Our new financial goal)

I’ve been delaying our January Family Budget Update because first I wanted to share our big new financial goal. In December’s family budget update I mentioned that we will have a new financial goal...

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January 2022 Family Budget Update

I know January sounds like forever ago, but for the sake of not missing a monthly budget update since September 2013, I’m going to still share it, even though it feels a little stale! I’ll have...

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February 2022 Family Budget Update

Welcome back friends! If you’re a long-time follower, you might be hoping to find something especially appropriate for April 1st, like… 5 Genius Ways to Save on Toilet Paper, How to Get Meat for Free...

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March 2022 Family Budget Update

We spent most of April on a cross country road trip, so I’m pretty late in getting March’s update posted. The good news is that April’s update will be posted very soon. As you’ll see in a second, we...

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