money

Welp, we’ve got another half-clothes-buyer in the house.   (In our family, kids have to start paying half on their clothes when they turn twelve.)   My Dad reminded me this summer that growing up we started buying ALL of our clothes (not just a wimpy half 🙂 when we…

Thank you for all the great healthy snack ideas yesterday!  Totally inspired to go forward with so many of them. I thought this question was particularly appropriate time-wise since many of us are probably setting up systems and jobs as the new school year approaches (or has already approached). First…

Lucy has never been super motivated by our chore/job/money system dealio.  (see HERE and HERE) She actually does her jobs and makes her bed just so every morning, but she doesn’t mark of the chart.  I guess she hasn’t been too motivated to earn money until last week when the book…

Today I have been over getting counters templated over at the new house and I haven’t had a second to post these answers.  But first of all, just wanted to share how beautiful feet look today:   Ha! I think they may need a little TLC…that is the remnants of…

Once upon a time there were some parents who wanted to be very deliberate. So they came up with several whiz-bang systems to whip their nine kids into shape. Those parents were my mom and dad.  They did lots of stuff, including taking us up to the mountains to camp…

I have a question for you; where did you get your name? Were you named for anyone in particular, or was it just a name that your parents liked? My parents just came up with that wing-dinger of a name from the recesses of their 70’s minds.  Aren’t I lucky!? …

First off, I just have to say THANK YOU for all the words of encouragement and wisdom yesterday.  I have taken lots of notes and I’m so grateful to be armed with more wisdom for this experimental adventure I’m on! What do your kids do with the 70% of their…

{most of these are questions from this post on our money system.} I have been thinking a lot about your dads 10-20-70 dealio… i think it’s great, and wished i would have known about it long ago.  my question is, do you and Dave follow this method still in your…

Sometimes I like to try to reinvent the wheel.  I mean, there is so much new technology there’s got to be a better way to do a lot of things, right?  And then when it comes to parenting, there are new whiz-bang ideas everywhere you look.  My parents had a…

I am a mother of 3 girls, ages 6 1/2, 2 1/2, and 8 months. They bring me joy daily as well as challenging my patience. I am sure most mothers would make the same statement. I am not trying to get too personal with you…after all, I have never…