I can’t believe that fall is almost here! I love the summer months, and I find that I’m eating lighter, fresher meals when it’s hot outside. But, when the weather starts to cool down, I am in the mood to warm up with something that’s a little more hearty, while still being healthy and not… … Read more
Road trips are one of the best ways to travel affordably, and they can be a lot of fun for families, couples, or a way to travel on your own. Even though we no longer have a car, we did RV for several years, so we are road trip pros, haha. Now, while road trips… … Read more
Food is one of the budget areas that many people overspend in. That’s because cooking dinners and making lunches can feel like a lot of work when you are already busy. But, finding delicious and easy meal prep ideas can keep your budget (and maybe your diet too) in shape. Meal prepping works so well… … Read more
My 10 Budget Recipes roundup proved to be popular, so I’m back at it again with 10 Easy Instapot Recipes. As you can probably guess, I finally purchased my first Instapot! We’ve always had a slow cooker. I bought one about ten years ago for a whopping $14, and I’ve used it multiple times a… … Read more
The following is a sponsored partnership with SafetyWing travel medical insurance. All opinions are 100% mine. I have been traveling full-time for several years now. While before it was mainly in the US by RV, and due to laziness, I had never looked into travel medical insurance. I just always thought that I was fine…. … Read more
As I recently said in Welcome To Paradise – We’re Living On A Sailboat!, we no longer have our Jeep and have been car free since July. Since we are preparing to cruise and will soon be leaving the marina (eeek, this week!), we no longer have a need for full-time use of a land… … Read more
Lately, I have been wasting so much time on social media and on other things that it has started affecting other areas of my life. There are so many distractions in life, and I want to change that. In fact, I started writing this blog post at around 10 a.m., and it is now 6:30… … Read more
For almost 2 years I’ve been talking about how much I love living in a motorhome. I’ve written about how much I love all of the places we’ve traveled to, how we’ve made great RVing friends, that we’re more active than ever, and that our dogs are happy too. Well, that’s all recently changed. After… … Read more
Workers in the U.S. left 169 million paid unused vacation days in 2013 according to an article on Forbes. That’s $52.4 billion in unused vacation days that workers won’t get back, or about $504 per worker. This is due to how most vacation policies don’t allow for rollover vacation days. Another interesting statistic I found –… … Read more
Did you know that only around 8% of people actually achieve their resolutions each year? Also, another interesting statistic is that only 75% of those who set resolutions follow through with them after just the first week. Yes, that means that 25% give up THAT soon! As you can see, the majority of people don’t… … Read more
