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How to Build your Emergency Fund

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We have lived through some challenging months as small business owners, but 2007 was a very tough year for us. By the end of 2007, our business picked up again–thankfully–but not before we practically wiped out our savings. For years, we followed Dave Ramsey and read his books, The Total Money Makeover and Financial Peace.

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Laughing at Wall Street Book Review and Giveaway

Nicoles Nickels

Name of Product: Laughing at Wall Street Book. He is an ordinary person with a knack for identifying trends and discovering great investments hidden in everyday life. In early 2007, he invested $20,000 in the stock market, and in three years it grew to just over $2 million. Price of Product: $24.99.

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How to Build your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

We have lived through some challenging months as small business owners, but 2007 was a very tough year for us. By the end of 2007, our business picked up again–thankfully–but not before we practically wiped out our savings with only $2000 left to spare, not enough to get us through one more month. A Very Tough Year.

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Create an Emergency Fund | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

Family Balance Sheet

As self-employed owners of a small business, we have lived through some challenging months, but the year 2007 was especially tough for us. Every month, our income must cover our business and household expenses, but many months in 2007, our income barely covered our business expenses, leaving nothing left for our household.

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

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A few of my favorite personal finance books: The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness , by Dave Ramsey. We had a very tough year back in 2007. Our personal finances are so interwoven with our small business finances that they must be seen as one. And Read some more.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Box are some of my favorite authors) and I use the library to borrow both regular books and electronic resources. A few years back, I hit my all-time high by borrowing 126 books over the course of one year. I still remember saving my change as a kid so I could “shop” for books at yard sales.) Yup, I’m a voracious reader.