About AmysFinerThings
After eight years of teaching middle school in the suburbs, Amy gave up her job to embrace her full-time vocation as a wife and mother. She and her husband are blessed with three children, ages 5, 3, and 1. While her husband continues his teaching and coaching career in a tiny Kansas town, Amy manages the homefront, and the children, and sometimes his ball teams! Amy’s blog, The Finer Things in Life, celebrates and encourages others in all of the things that money cannot buy: faith, motherhood, simplicity, tiny towns, and good home cookin’.Website: http://amysfinerthings.com
Posts by AmysFinerThings
Frugality 101: Try Something New
By AmysFinerThings on February 25, 2009
Intimidated by the thought of living a frugal lifestyle? It’s not necessary to become the Coupon Queen overnight, or to grow all your food and make all your clothes rightthisveryminute. Start small. Try something new!
Accustomed to a frugal {read more}
By AmysFinerThings on February 25, 2009
Purposeful Purchases
By AmysFinerThings on February 14, 2009
Not unlike the rest of the frugal blogosphere, I love a good bargain. When I enter a store, any store, I delight in discovering all things CLEARANCE.
It’s easy to get wrapped up in the mentality that to be on top of your frugal game you must search {read more}
By AmysFinerThings on February 14, 2009
Cut Years Off of Your Mortgage
By AmysFinerThings on February 12, 2009
Call it robbing Peter to pay Paul, call it sacrifice, call it crazy… but two months ago my husband and I took a closer look at our 15 year mortgage. We took out the loan 2 1/2 years ago when we moved to Tiny Town, comfortable with our payment {read more}
By AmysFinerThings on February 12, 2009
Tame Your Inner Toddler
By AmysFinerThings on January 28, 2009
All reasoning aside, when a toddler wants something, he wants it NOW. He’s willing to steal it, pitch a fit, or whine in feverish decibels to get what he wants.
If you find yourself getting teary over your neighbor’s 473″ HDTV, or {read more}
By AmysFinerThings on January 28, 2009
Go Bananas
By AmysFinerThings on January 24, 2009
When we go grocery shopping, my kids are trained to look for red tape. Red tape around bananas, that is. To some, that red tape would be a repellent, signaling a fruit that will turn bad and be wasted if purchased. For us, the red tape means one {read more}
By AmysFinerThings on January 24, 2009
Plan B Pantry Arsenal
By AmysFinerThings on January 20, 2009
Do things always go the way you planned in your kitchen? Are you prepared to face disaster head on and live to tell (and laugh) about it?
After suffering a rather humbling kitchen experience earlier this week, I was able to set aside my pride and get {read more}
By AmysFinerThings on January 20, 2009
The Power of Contentment
By AmysFinerThings on January 14, 2009
Although a born frugalite, even I struggle with an occasional case of The Wantsies. A powerful force, the Wantsies make a frugal lifestyle less than appealing. One key to kicking The Wantsies to the curb is The Power of Contentment. In my case…
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By AmysFinerThings on January 14, 2009
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