Today I’m sharing one of my favorite DIY project of all time, my DIY mirror frame made from pistachio shells. I made this gorgeous upcycled mirror a few years ago when we were living in Texas. Alexis’s room was the first first room we decided to tackle when we bought our house in Dallas. We’d […]

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkcAusnfQig[/embedyt] There are so many Youtube channel ideas you can choose from when you are starting a Youtube channel, but how do you choose the right one? Succeeding on Youtube takes more than just picking up your phone and shooting a video that you then upload onto the internet. If you want to start […]

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J8BVgH9mlo[/embedyt] We saved an unbelievable $85,000 last year! That is the most we’ve ever increased our savings in a single year. In May we it a big financial milestone: we had saved our way to a $200,000 nest egg. Then six months later we hit another amazing milestone. Thanks to our decent savings rate […]

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkcAusnfQig[/embedyt] 2017 was an amazing year for is in so many ways. Not only did we hit a bunch of our financial goals, but we finally launched our Youtube channel and this blog! I’d wanted to do both of those things for many years but never mustered up the nerve or set aside the […]

After our mortgage and day care, food is the number one biggest expense in the OBH budget. And eating out is the biggest budget buster of all. Take out can run $30-50 and a sit down meal at a restaurant can easily be double that. We rely on meal prep to help us stay on […]

  These One Pot Black Beans and Rice hit all of the key features that make for a staple meal prep recipe: fast, delicious, healthy, and cheap. This simple recipe is a nutritional all start that won’t break the bank. The ingredients list is short and filled with common ingredients that pantry staples for your […]

This Slow Cooker Banana Bread Steel Cut Oatmeal make a perfect breakfast on cold winter mornings. Slow cooker oats are a staple in the OBH household, especially in the winter. They are easy to throw together, which is perfect for meal prepping when you are a busy parent (and aren’t we all?). They are incredibly […]

Two months ago Alexis and I went on a mother-daughter outing to get cartilage piercings. We bonded over the shared pain of that experience and will literally carry a reminder of it with us for the rest of our lives. When my 62 year old mom saw our vlog, she decided she wanted a tragus […]

I’m always looking for ways to be a more organized mom. Between working a full-time job outside of the home, managing One Big Happy Life, and trying to keep up with the kids, my mom schedule is pretty darned full. Then throw in the need to actually eat and sleep and things can get lost […]

Frugality is all the rage. When Joseph and I decided to pay off $30,000 worth of debt this year, we naturally decided to frugalize our budget. But what started out as a tool to help us reach our financial goals faster, quickly morphed into this strange pressure to spend less and less because it was […]