Author: Chrystelle Zimmerman

  • Bye Bye Cleaning Lady, Hello $120

    We are losing the excess left and right over here!  We said bye bye to our cleaning lady this week!  We can now put that $120 a month savings into our house fund. After the birth of my second child, I asked my husband if we could get someone to…

  • How We Did Hawaii on a Budget

    How We Did Hawaii on a Budget

    Is it possible to go to Hawaii and stay within a budget?  Years ago the answer to that question would have been a resounding, “No.” But with our new goals in sight, we set out to do Hawaii without putting it on a credit card. Here’s how! 1) Travel with…

  • The Telecommuting Trial Run

    A few months ago I wrote about asking your boss for a telecommuting option because it seemed like just one more way to simplify life. As a result of spending some time thinking about how this might fit into my own life, I went about asking my own boss if there was any way…

  • How Telecommuting Can Save Your Sanity

    You may remember my post titled, “Ask your boss if telecommuting is an option.”  I wrote it with the intention of sharing some ideas and reasons why telecommuting would be a good option for you as an employee to consider, but also why your employer should think about it.  Plenty of requests…

  • Happy Mothers Day!

    Happy Mothers Day to all you mommies out there!  Mothers to littles, mothers to bigs, mothers to REALLY bigs…you all deserve a beautiful day filled with love! Here’s my mommy, who passed away in 2003. I miss her dearly and can only dream of being the amazing, loving, caring, selfless…

  • Escaping Excess: This Week In Review

    One of my main challenges and goals of this blog is to escape from what I call the Land of Excess.  Our family is up to our eyeballs in stuff, so each week I plan to make a conscious effort to de-clutter, simplify and lose the excess from our lives. Here…