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Ways We Save: Eating Leftovers

February 17, 2015 by Sarah

I am completely aware that this week's Ways We Save post may not interest anyone.  After all, I am a normal person.  Just because you have to live on The Teacher's Salary doesn't mean that you enjoy every aspect of frugal living.  :-) But, one of the best ways we save money is by eating leftovers.  There you have it.  It's not glamorous and I don't always want to do it, … [Read more...]


Filed Under: Family Finances, In The Kitchen, Saving Money Tagged With: Ways We Save

How to Make Your Own Laundry Detergent

February 11, 2015 by Sarah

On Tuesdays, I thought it would be fun to do a Ways We Save series.  As with most series on this blog, I have no idea how long it will last.  I'm not that organized.  :-) You'll find lots of budget-related or general money-saving posts in my The Teacher's Salary series, but these upcoming posts will be specific ways we save in the day-to-day.  They might be big or small, but hopefully they will … [Read more...]


Filed Under: Cleaning, Family Finances, Saving Money Tagged With: Laundry, Ways We Save

How to Cut Boys’ Hair

February 4, 2015 by Sarah

As you know, I'm on a mission to live on The Teacher's Salary, which means doing what I can to spread that salary as far as it will go. One of the ways that we save is by me cutting Brady's hair.  Naturally, boys who wear their hair shorter need trims much more often than girls with long hair.  Savannah and I get our hair cut once or twice a year, but that would never fly with The Teacher or … [Read more...]


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Ways to Stretch Your Clothing Budget

September 17, 2014 by Sarah

Welcome back to another week of The Teacher's Salary series. Feel free to leave me a comment or send me an email if you have any suggestions for future topics. Click HERE to see links to some of my previous posts from this series. I know I've been talking a lot about clothing budgets lately, but today I wanted to come full circle by sharing some ideas on how to save money … [Read more...]


Filed Under: Family Finances, Saving Money Tagged With: Budgeting, Clothing, The Teacher's Salary Series

Freezer Cooking Basics: the WHAT, WHY, and HOW

August 28, 2014 by Sarah

Freezer Cooking Basics

{Note:  This post contains affiliate links.  Read disclosure here.} It seems like freezer cooking is becoming more and more popular these days.  People are desperate to make dinner prep easier and find ways to save money by avoiding takeout.  Either way, it sure seems like I'm seeing more and more people talk about freezer cooking. What is freezer cooking? The concept is genius, in my … [Read more...]


Filed Under: Family Finances, Saving Money Tagged With: Cooking, Freezer Cooking

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Hey, I'm Sarah (a.k.a. The Teacher's Wife)! Wife to a history teacher and mom of 5 kids (2 in heaven). I'm a coffee addict, budget nerd, who's obsessed with good chips and salsa. I love finding ways to organize & manage my home and life...all on a budget! I'm thrilled you stopped by and I hope you'll find something inspiring! Read More…

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Any guesses as to what I'm doing here? I promise, Any guesses as to what I'm doing here?  I promise, the kids did not play a prank on me! 😂
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I'm actually cleaning/dusting the ceiling fan in our guest room. I saw this tip years ago and I've been doing it ever since, although probably not as often as I should! 🤪
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Snag an old pillowcase and drag it off each blade so the dust stays inside of it. Then, wash it in your next laundry load for easy clean up! 
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Happy Friday!!
This is where the meal magic happens in our house. This is where the meal magic happens in our house.  Don't ever let anyone convince you that you have to have a large (and often expensive) kitchen in order to feed your family. 
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Is there anything wrong with a large and expensive kitchen?  Nope!
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Can they be helpful?  Absolutely!
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This house was built in the 1940s and likely housed a family our size, or maybe larger.  It's amazing to think how our concept of wants and needs have changed since then.
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Maybe someday we'll have a larger kitchen, but for now, I'm thankful that this small kitchen allows me to have everything at my fingertips quickly! 😁
"The answer to the purposelessness and hollowness "The answer to the purposelessness and hollowness we feel is found not in us but outside of us. The solutions to our problems and pain aren't found in self-love, but in God's love.

The God who created us, who created the universe, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever, is the one who provides us with the purpose and satisfaction we're seeking. While self love depletes, God's love for us doesn't. He showed us his love by sending Jesus to die for our sins so that we could be forgiven and live forever with him. Self-love is superficial and temporary. God's love is profound and eternal."

"The first myth that you are enough. My counter was this: you're not you'll never be enough, and that's okay, because God is."

--Allie Beth Stuckey

***Go read Ephesians 2:1-5!  It wrecks me every time!!***
You know you are a perfectionist when you look up You know you are a perfectionist when you look up "how to cut hydrangeas for a vase" on Google.  It's a rough life sometimes, but these beauties are helping!😉 😍
It's time to finish tidying my entire home, so I'm It's time to finish tidying my entire home, so I'm picking up where I left off....kitchen kimono!  I took some before shots and I'll share the afters once I'm done (with a writeup for my blog too). 
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Thank goodness, I've learned so much as I've gone through different categories that it truly does get easier and I've actually purged prior to officially getting to this category.
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It is so worth it to only keep what you love and
After trying this for a few times now, I can offic After trying this for a few times now, I can officially rave about cooking bacon in the oven!  I bake mine for 14 mins at 400 degrees. 
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Keep an eye on your bacon at first because you will need to figure out what works best for your oven and cut of bacon. 
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Give this a try if you are tired of grease splattering everywhere and having to stand at the stove for way too long!
Kev asked me recently what I wanted for mother's d Kev asked me recently what I wanted for mother's day.  Here's what I came up with this year.  Can you tell that service is one of my love languages? 😜
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What is your love language?
I was finally able to visit The Container Store in I was finally able to visit The Container Store in person now that they opened a store near me!  Can you spy my recent purchase that I made to organize my Kcups?  I think it's time to resume my Konmari method posts and tackle the kitchen next!  Do you love The Container Store?
It was a fun, eventful week for us! Daddy and daug It was a fun, eventful week for us! Daddy and daughter celebrated their birthdays. Sissy got her ears pierced, and then had some sweet friends over to celebrate!
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