How To Budget With Only One Consistent Income
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As many of you know, I decided to quit my day job. We are now only left with one major consistent source of income: my wife's job. However, I am making some decent money online writing and managing websites, but nevertheless we're going to have to get very frugal and make sure our budget works.
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