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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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How I’m managing our family budget during the Pandemic: We pay ourselves at the beginning of each month, so when this crisis started in mid-March, we were covered for the month. We paid off our last non-mortgage debt in September and have since sent that loan’s monthly payment to our mortgage principal.

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

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I started the Debt Free Stories interview series back in September and it has been really well received. In 2014, the Grocery Budget Challenge encouraged us to keep our grocery spending in line and to be creative with our meal planning so that we do not over-spend. Weekly Meals on a Budget. Budget Financial Freedom'

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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An Update on Medi-Share – September 2017. I want to challenge myself to rethink our purchases by taking advantage of more cost effective solutions, like borrowing, buying second hand, or just making do with what we already have. We don’t travel extensively, but we do like to get away. Choose Thrift First.