Category: Budget Friendly Activities
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Kid Friendly Art Projects
There are so many times that we are all home as a family… doing separate things, doom scrolling, or video gaming it up and simply wasting the little time I feel like we have together. With my kids being as creative as they are, we’ve always leaned towards artistic projects…
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Poconos on a Budget: Country Junction
You know when you live close to a tourist spot and people are shocked you don’t go there often? For example, I grew up 45 minutes outside of New York City and I wasn’t there all the time. I know people travel pretty far to see a hidden gem in…
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Birthday Season has Begun
It’s officially March and with that, we’re less than 2 months away from our first birthday month of the year. May is big for us, birthday wise, with Mother’s Day the same weekend. Every year we have birthday parties and tend to organize something at the house. It is easier,…
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Budget Friendly Winter Activities in the Poconos
Reasonably priced family friendly winter activities Winter time is upon us which means the days are shorter, and the nights seen never ending. It’s cold, dark and we’re inside so much we can all get a bit stir crazy. Besides running from basketball games and indoor soccer practices, we’ve become…
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Tips for Helping Kids Budget
One of the hardest concepts to teach children is money and I feel like it’s because home is the only place you’ll learn it. A long time ago, schools would teach budgeting and how to write a check, you’d learn about calculating tip based on percentages, but now you don’t…
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New York Girls Weekend in Review
In my eyes, there aren’t too many things that compare to a family vacation. The experiences, excitement, unplanned craziness, and memories to last a lifetime. The one thing I found recently that matches that energy or comes in at a close second are girls weekends. They are absolutely needed, are…
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A True Drive-In Movie Experience for the Whole Family
This past weekend, my dream came true! We picked the kids up from a week at summer camp and I was thinking about how they’d be tired and we should probably relax, snuggle and catch up on sleep, but instead I had a great idea. I’ve always grown up watching…
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Crafty Summer Activities
We’re now 5 days into summer break, and I’m already on the lookout for fun, budget friendly activities. We’ve been talking about redoing our patio for quite some time and I believe this is the summer that It’s finally going to happen. We have a small covered area that we’re…
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Frugal Date Ideas
One thing I always feel like I’m in desperate need of is more time throughout the day and enough money to do things I want to do. Most times I’m frustrated and irritated that I’m not able to do weekly date nights, hell I’d settle for monthly if it was…
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Teachers need that extra love
Being a teacher for 9 years allowed me to see the good, the bad and the ugly of our education system. So many teachers are overworked, underpaid and stressed beyond belief. But as many of you have heard and/or said before, you don’t get into teaching to make money, you…
The Poor Mom Revolution 