Living on one income even though we're not wealthy...Single Income Homemaking
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Hi everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by my channel, today I am going to be talking about how me and my family are a single income household, I am sharing how we budget for certain things and ways that you can save money on things that you love! I hope you enjoy! God bless!
-Mikaila
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My hubby and I have lived off of his one income all of our 44 years of married life! Our philosophy aligns perfectly with yours, when it comes to what we spend our money on. And my favorite sport is thrifting!! Over the years, I have found so many treasures and saved tons of money! I love your comfortable home and feel so "at home" visiting with you. We have so much in common...we're sisters [in Christ] and thrifters! And my best grocery money-saving tip is to MAKE A LIST and plan out your menu before you even walk through the door of the grocery store!
It is so inspiring to hear from others who live on one income as well! We have been doing it for about 7 years and although we are not perfect at it I feel very blessed where God has brought us, I thank him so much that my husband is healthy and has a good job to provide for our little family :). Thank you so much! I try my best to make my home feel comfortable and "lived in" versus it always being absolutely "pinterest perfect". Hello to a new friend and sister in Christ! I love the tip to make a list! If you don't sway from the list then you can usually come out of the store on budget!!
Thanks for sharing your cozy, beautiful home & your spiritual insights with us. Enjoyed the video. ❤ 🙏 🤲 😊
Thank you so much!!
Hey my friend! We're single income also. I did work for many years.. until i started having some health issues about 7yrs ago. But Gods always blessed & kept us! For years I would go get my nails done, when i worked. But for the last 6+years i've kept my own nails done, with potted press/glue on nails! You rarely see me without them! Lol i just love my nails 🤷♀️ And the last almost as long as salon nails & a fourth of the price😉 I get alot from Walmart & love that new line they've started carrying, can't remember the name, but they're in a round package. those last really well. I also get alot from Walgreen's, & sometimes CVS. But I find the biggest & best selection at Walgreen's! They have some good ones at Ulta too, but some, depending on the brand, can be a little higher in price. Girl I never pay full price for clothing in the higher price stores, i go straight to the clearance racks! But honestly, i get alot of my clothes from Walmart & thrifting. Now if we go to the mall, i may find something i really like but usually i look pretty much at the things on sale, it clearance. I just don't the the need to pay high prices for clothing🤷♀️ Besides I like to have alot of clothes, the cheaper the more i get😄 Lol I really did use to think this way, i don't buy clothes like i used to & got rid of much more than i kept when we moved. I rather spend my money thrifting & antiquing😁 Honey groceries are HIGH.. period!! Its hard to save on food & household products. I buy mostly store brand, but there's certain things i won't compromise on.. mostly household things. And you're exactly right.. Joy, real true joy, comes from the Lord🙌🏻 He carries me, and my family, thru daily and that's where i find my peace, comfort, strength and joy! God bless you too my friend & I hope you have a blessed weekend 🙏🏻
God really does bless us doesn't he! I love the nails to! I have been obsessed with the press-on ones that don't require glue lately, I love how much less mess they are compared to the glue ones. I rarely pay full price either! I love me a good clearance or sale item, it feels so much more exciting lol. Groceries are SO EXPENSIVE! It is definitely a challenge to save on household things and groceries, I am like you and I have my certain things that I wont compromise on...simply for the fact that nothing else works like them! True Joy definitely comes from Jesus, it is a fountain of peace that you can't explain...even when it is chaos all around you, I would be utterly and completely lost without Jesus, gosh I am so thankful for him! I hope you have a blessed weekend! :)
HAPPY FRIDAY Mikaila, hubby, and fur babies. Absolutely Agree. My husband and I are both retired now, we retired early, I retired at 54/63, hubby 62/63. We love our home and thankful for it, we have two little doggies. Our boys are grown, eldest married with two grandblessings and our youngest son bought his own home at 23/28 no children yet, not married yet. We are empty nesters. NOTHING without JESUS. Thrifting is my Jam. STTB
Happy Friday to you to! I bet your dogs are so cute! We love our Sammy and Namu :). How sweet to have 2 grand babies! I bet that is so fun. Nothing without Jesus, absolutely! Thrifting is THE BEST :)
@@dearmikaila We have no credit cards and right now no cell phone; we do have a landline. Had cell phone just let the one go for poor everything. Now trying to decide which is best, no hurry, personally, we think they are a waste of money.
@@barbarapeterson8030 every family has their own version of what they spend on and don’t spend on! We have cell phones but no landline. We also just have internet and 1-2 streaming services for shows and we don’t keep cable or satellite TV, every little thing helps leave more money for the things you have priorities for!
Girl we have a lot in common! We save money by cooking from scratch, making a lot of our own cleaning products, keeping a garden and preserving what grows by canning, freezing or dehydrating. I love pretty nails too - but can never keep the press on's in place longer than a couple of days (and I prep the nails beforehand). Instead, I learned how to apply my own acrylic nails - they are MUCH more durable. I do my own pedicures too - though way less frequently than I'd like, they always end up on the bottom of the to do list. I need to go out and put up a clothesline for drying laundry outside - hot as it's been lately it wouldn't take long to dry everything and it would save the energy needed to run the dryer. Hoping to get chickens to raise soon, which may not save much money once food and bedding is factored in, but at least we'd have a regular supply of eggs most of the year. We have fur children too - two indoor cats. We replaced the clumping clay litter for sawdust pellet livestock bedding last year. A 40lb bag at Tractor Supply or the Farmers Co-op is between $7-$8, whereas a 37 lb box of litter was over $20. Once a year or so, we drive to a restaurant supply store in the next state to stock up on bulk quantities of basics: AP Flour, sugar, salt, rice, dried beans, oatmeal, ground beef, ground turkey, some steak meat (uncut - just large pieces we cut ourselves into stew meat, fajita strips, roasts), coffee beans, baking powder, maybe some dried cranberries or raisins, that sort of thing. I'm constantly on the hunt for bargains and ways to save money - thrift stores are my jam!
How exciting to meet someone who loves the things I love! Some of the press-on's have been finicky for me, then others do well so I am not sure if it is the shape of some of them or i'm just too rough on them lol. I love how the acrylics look!! I have a clothes line that I tied up between 2 trees but I haven't used it much due to it being so small lol, me and my husband plan to build an actual larger clothes line this Fall when its not so stinking hot outside :). My parents live down the road from me and my Mom raises her own chickens and gets tons of eggs! They are such a great way to have a healthy protein source, we have got to get our land more setup for chickens where we live now before I can bring them to my house. I love your tips for groceries! My brother-in-law used to be a butcher so he knows quite a lot about how to cut up meats into the smaller more expensive pieces so we often ask him how to save on meat. I try my best to buy in bulk when I can! We have a Sams Club membership and I like to buy the Sams brand household items...it saves quite a bit! Thrift stores are THE BEST!!
@@dearmikaila I'm envious of the butchering know-how. I know enough to cut across the grain of the meat for improved tenderness, other than that I'm afraid it's little more than a hack job! We've been trying to rehabilitate a large shed on our property for a chicken coop/storage area/future riding mower storage. We have zero building skills, so though we have a friend who does know what he's doing helping us, we still move about the speed of the average sloth. We finally got the roof replaced, but it took months to do it. We're basically tearing it down to the studs - I'll be thrilled if we can have the coop done by October. Then we can get chicks started inside while we get to work on the run area. I saw you are in Arkansas? So are we. August is not my favorite month here.
My brother-in-law knowing how to butcher is so nice! My parents took an old dog pen and turned it into a chicken coop, it works great! My Dad actually built a barn almost entirely out of recycled materials, it’s amazing what you can do if you just get creative! I am in Arkansas! How cool to meet someone else from my home state 🥰
Hi love this video. Today alot people live above their means and always strive for what others have. For me, since my 20's , I have always lived within or below my means and have been perfectly happy! I don't need a fancy car, or go on expensive vacations. I have a beautiful, paid for house, that is filled with thrifted finds, hand me downs and curb side finds, and I simply love it. I have learned to slow down, and live my life nobody else's. More young people need to learn this. Perhaps there would be less anxiety in the world.
Thank you so much!! I completely agree, with all of the social media spreading things around then a lot of us can get caught up in the "comparison game", we have to strive to not let ourselves be overcome by that. I don't need lots of fancy things either, I have certain things I enjoy, as most of us do, and I try my best to be minimal outside of those things. Isn't there such a joy in slowing down? I agree that there would possibly be less anxiety if we could all learn to not follow "hustle culture"! It is okay to rest and restore and not constatly be "on" 24/7. Thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful comment!!
I love that you made this video! We are also homebodies, and we are the same way when it comes to finances. I love everything you talked about in this video. I love that you make God the center of your content. I wish we lived closer to each other. Lol I would love to hang out and just chat about all the things. 🥰
Thank you so much!! I wish we lived closer to! When we're messaging the other day on Instagram I thought to myself "I wish we lived closer, we could just talk about I Love Lucy and Jesus all day". lol
@@dearmikaila Yes!!!! That would be the greatest conversation! 😍🤣
@ourforsurelife3334 100%!!
Thank you for sharing this. We live on my husband’s income as well. For about 5 years we had just one car. It can be done. 😊 you just have priorities of what you spend the money on and what you say no to❤
Thank you for watching! We have been with 1 car for about 3 years and we have been just fine! I will get one at some point but not a major thing for us right now :). You absolutely have to have priorities!
I can relate about being a homebody. Both my husband and I enjoy spending time at home. When we were both working fulltime, it was easier for us to do some traveling then and I am very grateful we were able to do the traveling that we have, but we are more apt to do something local anymore. We are also living on one income. I haven't worked outside the home for quite some time and health issues have been a factor as time went on. It's part of life and I feel I am lucky to be here and surely God had something to do with that. I am grateful every day for what we have. I love our old 1941 built house and I am satisfied with what I have but my weakness is books. Preferably used as they are more affordable and the library is a great option, but I prefer to own them for future rereading, if I choose, and I am very hard on books. I would owe the library a fortune for damaged books. I don't have any great advice on saving money on groceries other than to buy what is in season. Out of season, not only costs more, but it also doesn't taste as good. Ignore chips and buy popcorn, to pop yourself and add different toppings. But tea bags and make your own iced tea. Whatever you can do yourself, rather than buy prepared, usually will save you money. Most people don't want to sacrifice the time it takes to make some things. It used to be bread was so cheap, there was no point in making your own but if you have a large family, I think making your bread would save a lot of money. Also, buy whole milk and add water to it. You end up making your own 1%, 2% or skim (somewhat) based on the amount of water you use. I don't know if that would work with plant-based or nut-based milks like almond milk etc. as I've never tried it. Make your own granola - way cheaper than buying it. Strech hamburger by adding ground up cooked beans. I prefer black beans when I do it. Use less meat when making soups. Load the soups up with vegetables instead. These are just things I automatically have been known to do. I don't do all of them anymore, but I still do several, sometimes just because I'm short on something else. 😅
Yes! Home is so comforting to me and my husband, we love being at our house. I understand health issues being a factor for one income, it is actually one of the reasons we ended up going to one income, I fully believe in healing though...I know it's close! It is so cool that we both have homes built in the 1940s, they have so much charm and character. I love books to! When I was younger I would buy them at thrift stores and yard sales or get them at our local library, I would always check out the max amount of books every time we went because I knew I would read so many lol. I completely agree on your grocery saving plan! Eating in season does help, we make most everything at home as much as we can, homemade bread is so delicious to :). I love all of these tips! I know they will be helpful to people who are trying to save money, thank you so much for sharing them!!
We live on 1 income, homeschool, and have 1 car only too! We're in NY❤
How awesome to meet others who do the one income living as well! Hello from Arkansas 🥰
Another wonderful video! It's so inspiring to hear your view on what truly matters to make a beautiful and loving home and life.
Thank you so much!!
After buying a house a year and a half ago in this inflated market I find myself having to go to the food bank now and then. Our house payment alone is $3400 and that’s for an old manufactured home on three acres. It was the only place we could get in our area. I also garden and forage and my husband fishes a lot. By necessity I find myself cooking everything from scratch, even bread and tortillas. Dried beans are versatile and filling. Oats and rice are also cheap and filling. Soups are a great money saver. Keeping chickens is wonderful because no matter how bare our pantry is we can always count on fresh eggs. We can’t afford vacation but we live near lakes where we can swim for free and we also have a library extremely close where we can check out movies and books, use the internet (during times we can’t afford the internet bill) and they even have crafts for the kids.
Me and my husband went through a period in our lives that was very tough and we had to go to the food bank as well, I am so very thankful for the organizations that help people out when they are struggling, isn't God good?! I love gardening! I am growing sweet potatoes right now in some grow bags, what do you plant in your garden? My husband hunts during hunting season and we try to fill our deep freezer up, it helps a lot! I love all of the tips you shared! There is definitely always tricks that we can do to make our dollars stretch a little bit more, I am thankful for people (like yourself) that share how they do it, it inspires others!! Thank you for your thoughtful and kind comment!!
@@dearmikaila yes god is so good and even though my family struggles he has blessed us with a comfortable home that we love and food in our pantry. I’d love to try growing sweet potatoes. This year I have tomatoes, beans, squash, corn, lettuce, cucumbers, turnips, potatoes, and garlic. One year I did cabbages and they grew so big and beautiful. I want to try those again sometime.
I have never grown sweet potatoes before so this is my first time seeing how it goes. We moved into our home at the start of garden season so I didn’t get to do a garden this year, so I just have the potatoes! How are your veggies doing? Some people around where I live are struggling getting things to produce well.
@@dearmikaila I’m in southwest Washington and my area has a very short growing season but my gardens going great overall other than my peas. I only got a few peas then the plants died for some reason.
@@mamadoom9724 for some reason it seems like every year something or another doesn’t grow! I like think maybe God didn’t think I needed those particular things this year, so I rejoice in all the other stuff that grows 🥰
Hello sweet girl❤ God gets all the glory without Him, we would have nothing ❤I remember to thank Him for His physical blessings as well as the spiritual blessings that He has endowed on us. God is immutable.! I love your home. It is beautiful and I love going looking for secondhand furniture! thank you for reminding us that God comes for us. He owns everything. I am grateful that he is in my life each and every day without God we would have nothing.🙏 and I love all the things you thrifted for your home❤ absolutely gorgeous😊 have a blessed weekend, love and hugs from me and Otis🐶 Massachusetts
Hello there! 100% agree with that! God is the only reason that I have what I have in my life, he is such an amazing Father. Thank you!! I love secondhand furniture as well, as I'm sure you seen lol. I am thankful for all that God does and will do, he has brought so many special new friends into my life (like yourself) from here on RUclips and I just feel so blessed. Thank you for your kind and thoughtful comment! Hugs to you and Otis as well from all the way down here in Arkansas :)
I love your videos!!
That is so kind! Thank you so much!!
Ooohh.. that iced coffee at the end... I would love one right now! 🙂
It was so good! Iced coffee is sooo good in the hot Summer months :)
Wow, I haven’t seen plastic bags in eons.. lol! I live on the East Coast 🌊 of Canada 🇨🇦 and they’ve been banned here for eons.. 😅 Enjoyed the video, had to laugh at your stuffed animals, I forget what they’re called but my daughters absolutely love them too! And they’re not super young.. lol!
They are still used here where I live everywhere! I do want to try myself though and use re-usable bags when I can 🥰. Thank you so much! I love my squishmallows lol, they are so cute so I have kind of became a “mini” collector 😂
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