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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

Family Balance Sheet

I’ve shared before that April is the most expensive month of the year for us because our homeowners/auto insurance and property taxes are all due, along with any federal or state taxes that we might owe. Also, about the time everything shut down, my coffee machine decided to as well. No car payment = peace of mind.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

We sometimes pick up bagels and coffee and take them down to a picnic table on the river. Alan and I, by choice, bought land in an area with low property taxes. Had we not fallen in love with the locale, it wouldn’t have mattered how low the taxes were, but fall in love we did. He’s a cheap date – but then, so am I.