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Update #1: Our Debt Freedom Plan

Family Balance Sheet

It happened in 2006 and again in late 2012 to early 2013. By summer 2013, our savings was at an uncomfortable level. It felt like it was taking forever to get to that point and to be honest my husband was feeling burned out. My husband and I were so excited to finish our second step.

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Should You Invest In A Rising Market?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Ever since we stumbled past the Fiscal Cliff and the budget crisis, the stock market has been rising like a hot air balloon in an updraft (at least as of the time this post was written at the end of March 2013). In hindsight, we all would have sold out of the market at the end of 2006! Is The Bull Market About To Deflate?

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Sorting and Appreciating Life's Most Precious Gifts

Frugal Luxuries

My mother's illness (Multiple Sclerosis) had progressed to the point where she became unable to care for herself in any way. For thirty years (until October 2006 when she passed away) he cared for her at home and we visited often. Wishing you and yours a blessed 2013 brimming with tangible and intangible gifts !

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