For the Mommas

JANUARY 3, 2011

As a part of my Back to Basics series , I am writing a post on how to start an emergency fund. Amy’s emergency fund saved her — when her heater went out on New Years Eve. Without an emergency fund, this could have been an major financial blow. Don't miss the newest deals.

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Emergency Fund Amy's Financial Goals Heaters 49

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 21, 2012

Each clip corresponds with one of the blog posts included this week. Drew from Objective Wealth tells us How To Manage A Windfall , and says, “The last thing you’d want is for the money to slip through your fingers – something that happens all too often!” Make sure you know how to capitalize on this.”

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Personal Finance Finance Debt Money 219

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Live Real, Now: Make Extra Money, Part 6: Setting Up a Site In this installment of the Make Extra Money series, LRN is going to show you how to set up a WordPress site. Tax Rebate Blog: How Much Can you Earn Before Paying Tax in 2011 Tax allowances and brackets change each year. Why Do You Need One and How Does it Work?

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October 2011 Finance Personal Finance 200

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

Money Cactus: Wealth Creation Online: Invest It Wisely Interview – There are a stack of really great personal finance blogs online and keeping up with them can be tough, this series introduces you to those who I think are well worth knowing about. Today I’m going to talk about getting those emergency funds going.

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November 2011 Personal Finance Finance 188

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 30, 2014

If you’re stumped on how to use a particular ingredient, search for ideas on FBS or other recipe sites. Use May to use up what you have stored in your pantry and freezer and see how much grocery money you have left over at the end of the month to put towards other things, such as an upcoming vacation or your emergency fund.

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Budgeting Budget Grocery Groceries 100

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 3, 2012

Increase Family Emergency Fund to Six Months Salary. I have never been there and neither has my husband so we have no idea what to expect or even how to plan. I'm not even sure how much we will need to save. The good news about making this list is that it has given me many blog post ideas for 2012!

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Financial Goals Goals 2012 Emergency Fund 127

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 1, 2015

For the past two years, I held monthly accountability challenges on the blog. I liked having an accountability challenge here on the blog in 2014, but this year I’m going to try something different by posting our weekly meals while sticking to our $400-$500 budget. How to Make This Year the Happiest Yet | Shambray @ Shambray.com.

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2015 Money Debt Home and Garden 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

In January 2013 there was a blog post on Keeper of the Home that first awakened me to the concept of living debt free. I wasn’t comfortable keeping only $1,000 in an emergency fund with two little ones and just one income, so we didn’t follow that part of his plan. Read more about Shannon’s debt free journey.

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Debt Free Debt Financial Goals Budgeting 100

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 17, 2018

You can only cut so much from a budget, so to increase our cash flow, we’ll need to earn extra income by growing our small business and growing my blog. Save a starter Home Emergency Fund. Dave Ramsey suggests to have a starter emergency fund of $1000 while focusing on paying off non-mortgage debt. 2017 Update.

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Financial Goals Goals 2018 Debt 113

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

Multi-pronged answer here: historically it was hard-wired in my DNA as a necessity but also being a good steward of what we’re blessed with & being able to give/help others; having enough for emergency funds was always a high priority as well. How has reading The Frugal Girl changed you?

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Arkansas Frugal College Kids and Family 182

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 22, 2020

I don’t make a lot of income on this blog, and it has definitely decreased recently as I’ve reduced my hours spent blogging. As part of his baby steps, he does not advocate contributing to retirement until after you’ve paid off non-mortgage debts and saved 3-6 months of expenses in an emergency fund.

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Debt Health Insurance Insurance Budgeting 130

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 21, 2011

Get Rich Slowly shares with us how we can all put money in an emergency fund no matter what our financial situtation is. Kevin at Sweating the Big Stuff tells us why we shouldn’t save for an emergency fund. We have a small fund for emergencies but most of our money is invested so we can make some money on it.

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January Emergency Fund Personal Finance Finance 124