Posts by greenmamato2

Hi all!  It's been a while since I've had time to be here on Mothering, but I've decided to take a little time tonight and tomorrow day, for me.  This was the first place I stopped.    Finances have been on my...

I had my baby nov 15 and am experiencing quite a bit of nausea and really bad heartburn. Hubby and I waited until 6 weeks and the dr's ok before having sex again (last week) and used protection. Because of that I don't think it could be...

Hello everyone - I'll be joining in.  We're doing what we can to make it in a very high cost-of-living area on one income.  Hubby makes about $12/hr driving a truck picking up donations for a non profit here, and also gets...

Dollar General and Family Dollar are not at all mom and pop type stores, but they do have some good deals now and again.  I don't know that I would feel more socially responsible shopping there over walmart, though.  For mom...

I used to own a photography company that did really well when I was doing it full time.  We moved to two different states, and while I was able to keep it up and running through the first move, I changed my focus after the second...

Thank you all - these are GREAT suggestions!!  Hubby and I are so looking forward to having all of this bought and put away for the next year.  We did this last year and it helped a LOT.  We're running out of only a few...

Anyone else doing or wanting to start Weight Watchers?  I know it is a pay-for program, but there are a lot of resources out there to do it free on the web as well.  I am almost 4 weeks postpartum and not yet cleared for...

What we try to do (and aren't always successful at) is, when we have a little more breathing room, we save half of the "excess" and allow ourselves some le-way with the remainder to do things we've been wanting to do for a while. ...

Thank you all for the feedback!    Ragana - I think you hit the nail on the head with your post - it is really hard to make a return on hand-crafted items.    I have been thinking about the art tutoring...

We will have an opportunity to stock up on some things in the next few months.  My hope is to have everything that is non-perishable stocked up for a year or more to help save on costs (our income was recently cut by 1/3, so I am...