Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 25, 2013

On the 25th of every month from January to November in 2013, I'm holding a virtual meeting for the Christmas Savings Club. One of our budget problems is eating out at restaurants, so we cut back our restaurant budget to $100 from an average of $250 a month in 2012.

March 100

March Club Christmas Goals 100

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 6, 2020

Our small business was going well, so we said so long to renting office space and purchased a commercial property in the summer of 2012. The numbers that looked great on paper in the summer of 2012 were, in reality, turning out to be very challenging in 2013. January & February 2020 – Life is good!

Debt 130

Debt Emergency Fund 2007 2020 130

Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 4, 2014

With tuition payments and debt payments we spent about $60,395 between January 2012 and March 2014 when we became completely debt free with two bachelor’s and two master’s degrees between us. This meant moving to a less expensive rental, cutting cable and changing our eating-out and entertainment habits.

Debt Free 243

Debt Free Debt Goals Student 243

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

The College Investor: Start Automatic Investing in 2012 – How you can automate your investing in 2012 the easy way. The Debt Princess: The Kool-Aid Effect: The Relationship Between the Poor & Nutrition – A look into how the working poor are eating unhealthy. At the start of 2012 our net worth is $246,756.54!

Credit Cards 220

Credit Cards Credit Finance Personal Finance 220

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

I had weighed in at 176 in January 2011 and was down to 145 at the end of June 2011. When we did eat out, we stuck with Subway, Chick-Fil-A, and I got low fat meat and steamed veggies in a chicken broth the one time we had Chinese. Then I started going the wrong way. I weighed in at 153.8 How have you done?

September 182

September 2011 Points January 182

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

As I reflect back to January 2016, I started that year pretty determined to pay off the balance of our non-mortgage debts. And we were on a roll in January 2016. We had quite a bit of momentum coming out of 2015 and I never doubted our own abilities. I even created a hashtag, #crushingdebt2016. So, you know I was serious!

Debt 100

Debt 2017 Student 2016 100