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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Our emergency fund has saved us countless times and it will save us once again with the truck. And while I don’t like parting with our money, I am grateful that this repair won’t send us into financial distress. How would you pay for an unexpected car repair? 3 Action Steps to Set Up Your Emergency Fund.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Our emergency fund has saved us countless times and it will save us once again with the truck. And while I don’t like parting with our money, I am grateful that this repair won’t send us into financial distress. How would you pay for an unexpected car repair? Check my Frugal Family Activities list for ideas.

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Find out how Jessica & Her Husband Paid off $175,000 of Debt

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Tell us about you and your family. Along our part-time business my husband is a senior web designer for Ramsey Solutions aka Dave Ramsey. We live a pretty busy lives and when given free weekends at home we love spending time at home on our little farm. We lived there an entire year a family of 5!

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

We consider her our “bonus kid” and our family is extremely close. Box are some of my favorite authors) and I use the library to borrow both regular books and electronic resources. A few years back, I hit my all-time high by borrowing 126 books over the course of one year. Our son is 29 and biological.

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Meet a Reader | Mbmom11, in the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

I live in the Midwest with my family. I’ve been teaching part time for over 25 years. I like to bake and read, and I spend time chauffeuring kids to activities and games. This was a time I had been thinking about not teaching anymore and staying home, so I was looking for new ideas to be thrifty.

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

I was born frugal, into a super frugal family. My first memory of helping was around 2 years old; I kept a ledger of expenses at 8 years old, which reflected priorities early (books & leather boots) & so it goes. Now-I’m a single parent who works part-time, cares for my elder mother, homeschools & runs a farm.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I wish we’d thought of writing a book or something on it because we sure lived the life! I cut the family’s hair. We had a dishwasher, but it was broken and we didn’t want to spend the money to repair it – so we did without one – for 10 years! I worked a part time job the weekends he wasn’t working.

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