Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 22, 2014

By the end of the month, my goal is to help you have a detailed financial plan for your family. We’ll talk about cash flow, budgets, debts, and all of the nitty gritty of our finances that might not be fun to talk about, but are so important to discuss. Last year, my October series was 31 Days to Find $1000.

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Finance Emergency Fund Organic Organization 127

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 31, 2014

On October 1, I embarked on a month long series, 31 Days to Organize Your Finances. It was my goal to help you have a detailed financial plan for your family by the end of the month. And I think I achieved my goal, but I’ll be honest, towards the end of the month I was ready to talk/write/read about other topics.

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Finance Organic Organization Emergency Fund 100

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 27, 2013

In the month of October, my challenge will be to find $1000. Mondays thru Saturdays in October, I will have ideas to help you find $1000 too. I’m only half way towards my goal. My next and final recap will be on October 31. I was out of town last weekend for a half marathon. oh well… Our Found Cash: $492.

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Finds Bank of America October Miscellaneous 100

Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 6, 2022

We’ve seen higher grocery and fuel bills lately, so we’re upping our frugal game to help the budget. Our financial goals are still important to us and we want to hit them regardless of the rising prices. How I frugal-ed in the kitchen: I spend a lot of time in my kitchen. Here are five ways that I saved money this month.

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July Frugal Credit Cards Donation 130

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 15, 2021

My oldest was in eighth grade and one of my goals for 2020 was to start saving consistently for both daughters’ college education. My Upromise strategy will help with our goal. earned in the below picture was transferred in early October. My goal is to always get cashback on every online purchase. Hello, 2020.

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College Used 2020 Saving 130

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 14, 2013

In the month of October, my challenge will be to find $1000. Mondays thru Saturdays in October, I will have ideas to help you find $1000 too. If there is one line item in everyone’s budget that can get out of control it is groceries. It takes planning! So read through the below tips and attack that grocery bill!

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Grocery Spending Groceries Grocery Finds 113

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 30, 2013

In the month of October, my challenge will be to find $1000. Mondays thru Saturdays in October, I will have ideas to help you find $1000 too. We can slash our budgets to bare bones, but the quickest way to reach our savings goal is to increase our income. What can you do to increase your income?

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Finds Part Time Hobby October 113

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 13, 2016

Making a budget and cutting expenses. If you look at our budget today vs 5 years ago when we started the journey: we have more than doubled our income, and expenses have slightly increased with the babies and some small luxuries. Working together, sharing the same goals and vision, talking about milestones. Its exponential.

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Debt Debt Free Finds Home 100

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 10, 2014

By the end of the month, my goal is to help you have a detailed financial plan for your family. We’ll talk about cash flow, budgets, debts, and all of the nitty gritty of our finances that might not be fun to talk about, but are so important to discuss. Budget Financial Freedom Financial Organization'

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Finance Property Taxes Organic Organization 100

For the Mommas

OCTOBER 15, 2014

If a Fitbit is not in your budget, check out the Spark Activity Tracker on Amazon for only $29.95. The Spark wirelessly syncs to your computer so you can view your results, set goals, earn trophies, and participate in challenges. View progress on our iPhone and Android apps (coming in October). No worries.

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Activism Amazon Motivation Wireless 80

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 12, 2018

so that we have more money to put towards our financial goals. What We Ate this Week: I make an effort each week to serve my family delicious food but still stick to the budget. This month at Family Budgeters Unite! , Frugal Miscellany: We’ve had a lot of very warm and humid days in September and October.

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Family Balance Sheet

MAY 6, 2020

For many households, their finances and budgets are in limbo. With this big goal checked off our list, we changed and updated our Debt Freedom Plan by adjusting some steps and started to work through our goals of increasing our emergency fund, contributing to our retirement, and saving for our daughters’ college education.

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Debt Emergency Fund 2007 2020 130

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 9, 2021

Something happens mentally when you WRITE down your goals and plans for execution. We originally (and naively) estimated that we would be done by end of 2016, however, 2016 was not been kind to us, and we moved this goal into 2017. Yes, I’d like to visit Nashville, but going down to scream at DR isn’t really a goal anymore.

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Debt Emergency Fund 2019 Debt Free 130

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 27, 2011

This can be difficult but is sometimes necessary if the cost per guest is going to break your budget. Choosing a date between October and April also helps to avoid higher peak season rates in many areas. Our wedding was in October on a Sunday and this worked out very well. Have a small guest lis t.

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Wedding Saving Money Money Hotel 160

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff: The Dollar Challenge – 20?s Faithful With A Few: Why Do We Often Fail To Push Ourselves To Meet Goals? It’s not even that we are afraid to work hard to meet our goals. Smart Family Finance: Is Your Budget Easy to Beat? You are Probably Budgeting Wrong! Yakezie Blog Swap #10.

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November 2011 Personal Finance Finance 188

Frugal Luxuries

OCTOBER 1, 2012

" All things on earth point home in old October. " --Thomas Wolfe ~~~ As you probably already have guessed, I am a list ~ maker and leave very little to memory. The mere act of writing it out has already primed my thoughts and attitude toward my goals for the month and.as What are your goals for this month? the old saying goes."the

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Making Home and Garden Craigslist Green And Frugal 40

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

You’ll also find some extra fun printables for Valentines Day, the pantry, and your budgeting. The popular organizing blog, A Bowl Full of Lemons has introduced a fabulous “Financial Mini Kit” to help get your budget in order. Finances: Bill Payment Schedule, Budget Printable, Insurance Policy Information.

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Organic Organization Menu Planning Menu Plans 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Unfortunately, we did not hit that goal and in part, have made some major changes to our Debt Freedom Plan. At that time, I couldn’t cash flow the office budget, home budget, our loans, and retirement savings. We will apply half of our debt snowball amount to the home equity loan and it should be paid off by October 2017.

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Debt 2017 Student 2016 100

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 26, 2013

The goal for this monthly accountability meeting is to give updates on our progress, motivate one another, and help all of us save for a cash Christmas. Towards the end of September, I made a commitment to myself to write a series in October called, 31 Days to Find $1000. Take a look at your Christmas budget.

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Christmas Club Finds October 100

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 8, 2014

By the end of the month, my goal is to help you have a detailed financial plan for your family. We’ll talk about cash flow, budgets, debts, and all of the nitty gritty of our finances that might not be fun to talk about, but are so important to discuss. This exercise is NOT your budget. There are several ways to track spending.

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Finance Money Organic Organization 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

MoneySmartGuides : The Real Cost of Eating Out – I was looking over my budget for the previous month and something stood out. Newlyweds on a Budget : Paying down student loans – The following is a guest post. Just how much money did that save me? At first, I thought I made a typo along the way. That is s serious gain, IMHO!

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Credit Cards Credit Finance Personal Finance 220