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Family Budget Spreadsheets 2021

Family Balance Sheet

Years ago, there was a month where I hadn’t planned on a large property tax bill and I wasn’t sure where we were going to find the money. One January, we received a very large credit card bill in the mail. Financial Goals – Use this spreadsheet to quantify your financial goals for the current year and years to come.

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Introducing: Family Budget Spreadsheets

Family Balance Sheet

There was a month in 2013 where I hadn’t planned on a large property tax bill and I wasn’t sure where we were going to find the money. One January, we received a very large credit card bill in the mail. Financial Goals – Use this spreadsheet to quantify your financial goals for the current year and years to come.

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2019 Debt Freedom Plan Update

Family Balance Sheet

We ran the numbers of the purchase and they looked great on paper, but paper doesn’t account for a new server, a roof leak, unexpected medical bills, and other calamities. To ease my anxiety about our new loans, we took the Financial Peace University home course and it changed how we thought about debt. 2018 Update.

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How to Save Money From Salary Without Sacrificing Your Lifestyle

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Learning how to save money from your salary without sacrificing your lifestyle is a skill worthy of an entire course subject in the most prestigious of schools. What about when your bills are simply pulling you under? Your bills are going to be there, and you can’t simply not save money because you have to pay bills.

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Family Office Manager

Family Balance Sheet

Instead, he shared the story about Susan, a wife, and mother who handled all of the financial tasks in her home, from budgeting to making investment decisions. It was a hard transition for me to go from being a major financial contributor in our marriage to staying at home with a baby and not bringing in a paycheck.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 09.15.17

Family Balance Sheet

It’s a tight budget and I failed miserably over the summer, but we have lots of financial goals, so I need to get it back in line. I love to watch my girls swim and push themselves physically, but since they are in two different age groups, they swim have different practice times… of course! 11 Simple Meal Planning Tips.

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The High Price of Excuses, Justification, and Avoidance.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When you overspend for convenience, you sink into debt, stuck with high interest credit card payments and risk of damaging your credit when you fall behind on your bills. Excuses and avoidance are dangerous to your long term financial health. Would it have been easier to live right in midtown Manhattan and walk everywhere?

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