Hello from the Other Side...

Hi there! Welcome to Parenting on Pennies! I’d like to take a moment to introduce myself. I’m a former educator and brand-new stay at home mom (SAHM for those of you out of that loop!) to a six-month-old baby girl. Parenting is exhausting, hard…and expensive. I wanted to write a blog that would help parents-to-be, new parents, old parents, grandparents, stay at home parents, working parents, and even non-parents save money as they navigate this crazy world.

Our daughter: The JuJuBe

My journey with penny pinching began in May 2013 when I started binge-listening to the Dave Ramsey Show podcast. At the time, my husband and I were in debt, making hardly any money and in need of a change. We became debt free September 26, 2016. The journey into debt freedom made me realize that I was insanely passionate about budgeting (see also: NERD). Not a Dave fan? No worries. I'm just here to provide some helpful ways you can save money and budget. I'm not here to recruit. 

The journey to the other side also gave us an amazing gift (aside from a positive net worth), the ability for me to stay home and raise our daughter. Don't get me wrong, there are some very, VERY hard mom days. There are also some very hard living-off-one-teacher's-salary days as well. Both of these come with a lot of sacrifice from me and my husband. But you know what? We wouldn't reverse our decision for anything. There will be much more on our debt free journey and our budget in later posts.

Thank you so much for visiting this blog. For those of you struggling with debt, know that it is possible to make it to the other side. It isn't easy, but it can be done!