About 4 months ago, our refrigerator stopped dispensing ice. It would still provide nice cold water, but whenever we switched to the ice setting, the fridge would just make a clicking noise. I immediately assumed that it would be an expensive fix (which turned out to be wrong). I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t really look into it much at the time and just started emptying the ice into a bucket that we kept in the freezer. I just…
Mint is getting rolled into Karma this month (January 2024) so it’s making me get my butt into gear and not procrastinate on doing my yearly budget review. Mint has been an amazing budgeting tool for me these past 11 years and I’m so bummed that it won’t be available anymore. I’ve downloaded my data so I have a backup of the last 10 years of transactions. And I’ll be checking out Karma soon. But from what I’ve read, there…
[Field trip has ended and everyone is on the bus headed back to school.] Teacher: We’re all going to make it back safely. There was a brief disappearance by 2 kids, but we found them – separately. They gained teacher hand holding privileges for the rest of the time. Since our goal was 90% return rate, even if we didn’t find them it would have been within the margin of error.
Whoa, option overload! I don’t know when this happened, but I recently discovered that Evergy (my area’s electric company) now has 7 different rate plans for customers to choose from. 7 Evergy rate plans is a lot to choose from. Evergy’s rate plan options: For more details, read about them all here: https://www.evergy.com/manage-account/rate-information-link/plan-options After I read up on all of these plan options, I found that there are really only 5 that my family could or might want to switch…
If you bought ham on sale for Easter like we did, you may be finding yourself with a lot of leftovers right about now! We bought a big spiral sliced ham for $1.49/lb at Aldi last week- a great deal on meat! I like to eat it in 4 main ways. One, obviously eaten as slices of ham with sides. Two, as ham sandwiches. Three, in cheesy ham and egg casserole. And fourth, ham soup! In this post, I’m sharing…
[kid takes cough drop for the first time] Kid: This tastes like CVS smells!
I finally painted my kitchen in February – and I picked Heirloom Traditions Paint. Read on to learn Heirloom Traditions Paint pros and cons. Spoiler alert: I want to use it on everything now!
I’m comparing the cell phone service providers T-Mobile, Mint Mobile, and Tello in this post.
And I explain why my family switched from one to the other, most recently settling on Tello for the best deal. We’ll be saving about $57 per month on our cell phone bill.
The year 2022 was not a good year for our budget. I was so optimistic last year when I reviewed my family’s budget for 2021. I mean, who wouldn’t feel good after seeing a savings of around $2,000/month! But by the time we got a few months into 2022, I was back to full blown panic stressing about whether we could continue to make ends meet if I didn’t get a job. When I reveal our 2022 budget stretchers, you’ll…
Update February 2023: Evergy has even more plan options for customers now. You can check them out here: https://www.evergy.com/manage-account/rate-information-link/plan-options However, you should still read this post so you can learn how to do the math to determine which plan option is best for you. Evergy’s Time of Use plan for electric bills is offered as a way for customers to save money. Evergy is the electric company where I live in Kansas City, Missouri. They offer customers a Standard Tier…