Snow Day!

It's a cold, icy, snowy day here in the the Ozarks. The boys, ages 7 and 9, are out of school and just went outside to play with their new snowboards that big sister gave them for Christmas.

Big sister and big brother are from my first marriage. He is 23 and she is 21. I've also been blessed with two grandchildren; she is 6 monts old and he is 3.

I'm a single mom, divorced from my 2nd husband for four years. After the divorce, I bought a modest home for me and the boys and we're living happily ever after ... I guess.

You'll hear more about my adventures of a broke single mom, trying to adjust to the slow-paced life in a town where the sidewalks roll up at 9:00. I heat my house with a wood stove, fueled mostly by the trees we've cut down from my one-acre yard. Don't worry, tree-huggers, we only cut down the dead or overly crowded trees, leaving the good one's to grow fuller and stronger.

When I say broke, I mean it! Before my divorce, my husband and I had a combined income just over $100,000/year. Now I manage to live on less than $10,000/year. Continue reading my blog and I'll explain how I do it!