MY SAHM STORY I can picture my husband's face when I informed him during premarital counseling that I would never *ever* be a stay-at-home mom.  No shade to SAHMs, but I was adamant that I was not stay-at-home material.  I needed my own career, my own paycheck, my own...

The cost of dressing four kids adds up quickly.  Winter coats.  Swimsuits.  Shoes, shoes, and more shoes. Keep feeding your kids, and they grow out of their clothes real quick.  Go figure. Clothing four kids on one income takes planning, creativity, and...

  Have you seen the TLC series Extreme Couponing? If you've seen the show, you have seen people roll overflowing carts through the grocery stores, with hefty binders full of perfectly sorted coupons in tow.  You've watched them ring up their orders, and you may...