Recent content by Thriftymom

Thank you all for the warm welcome!!!

Best advice I can give is...Live below your wages. When Hubby and I got married 10 years ago and were looking to buy our first home, banks told us we could afford to purchase a home 3 times are income, There was no way I was going to spend 250,000. We decided to look for a home that we could...

Newbie here from Western MA, near the vermont border!:)

Hello, I wasn't sure where to post, but I thought this was the most apropriate place. So here's my story...I am married to wonderful hubby, and have 2 girls. We live in Western Ma, near the Vermont border. We live in a small town on about a 1/4 of an acre. We are slowly trying to become as...