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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. That emergency fund saved our business, our sanity, and our marriage. Create a separate savings account and call it your Emergency Fund. Be diligent about how you use this account. A Very Tough Year.

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Create an Emergency Fund | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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As self-employed owners of a small business, we have lived through some challenging months, but the year 2007 was especially tough for us. As self-employed owners of a small business, we have lived through some challenging months, but the year 2007 was especially tough for us. An emergency fund is not a spending account.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Now I wish those dollars had gone into our savings accounts. In 2007, when the kids were 8 and 13, we recreated that trip – with a travel trailer and bunks instead of a miniscule tent. That’s followed closely by Thankful Thursdays because they always remind me to count my blessings. Mary, thanks so much for joining in!