Saving SAHM Sanity

JANUARY 18, 2013

Ok, the real reason why I started a blog, just over four years ago now, was because I had all these ideas that I wanted to get out there. I haven't tried that hard to grow this blog because I have it more as a diary than a source of income. Full disclosure: I have not made a penny off this blog, ever! Because I like too!

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Finally Frugal

JANUARY 12, 2011

Last week, I was dithering about whether to pay down my second mortgage early, or start working on my student loan. I got some really good (and thought provoking) comments on that blog post. One of my commenters mentioned that she thinks that the market in her area (another part of Oregon, I believe) has finally hit bottom.

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Finally Frugal

JANUARY 1, 2011

Little did I know when I started this blog in January of 2008 that I would learn so much and come so far in my struggle to overcome my debt and control my spending. Welcome to 2011! Over the past three years I've heard from so many of you who are in the same situation, either just beginning your journey or close to the end.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

As many students do these days, we had tens of thousands of dollars of debt by the time we graduated with our Masters degrees. We bought into the myth that student loan debt is “good debt” and that it was better to “invest” in buying a home instead. That was in 2008, so you might imagine how that turned out!

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I first stumbled across Kristen’s blog about 10 years ago. I didn’t relate to the homeschooling posts at that time so I ended up re-discovering her blog about 6-7 years ago and have been reading regularly ever since. This is completely inspired by this blog. We bought our house as a short sale in 2008.

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