Living Frugally, Contentedly, Faithfully and THRIVING!

Welcome to ThrivingMama!  This is my outlet to share my philosophies on life as a wife, mom, and a small business owner.  I’ve chosen to be a stay at home mom (S/WAHM) and thanks to budgeting and rather frugal lifestyle choices, we are able to live life contentedly.  We live in a great rural area of the US and often I don my “country gourmet” hat and I will share those recipes here.  I am also working on a collection of recipes that include lots of hidden vegetables and whole grains to yummy treats, to make them even better!

I will link to coupon sites and other money-saving resources that I have found helpful as well as to other blogs that are full of great information.  I find that life is too short and time too valuable to recreate something that someone else is already doing well!

Making & Saving Money!

You will see links around my site for a few hand-picked vendors and websites.  Yes, I do get advertising incentives when you click on these links.  I only post sites that I have used and feel comfortable recommending.  If you have questions, let me know.

Occasionally I am paid to write sponsored posts as well.  These will be clearly marked in the footer of the post as a sponsored post.

If you want to save money on groceries by printing coupons for things you will use, check out Coupons.com.

If you’re needing business cards or stationary, check out Vistprint! I get my Charity’s Candles and Crafts cards from these guys and I’ve gotten really good deals.

All my website domains and hosting is done through www.GoDaddy.com
.  In all my cost comparisons, they come in with the lowest costs I’ve found and I have had excellent customer service from them.

My relationship to VistaPrint, Coupons.com and GoDaddy is purely that of an advertiser and claims are from my own personal experiences.