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Our History with Credit Cards & Switching to Cash

Family Balance Sheet

So in March, we started using cash or our debit card for 3 spending categories: groceries, restaurants, clothes. We didn''t even have ATM cards at the beginning of March, so I had to order them. Switching to cash definitely will take more communication and coordination between the two of us so we don''t overdraw an account.

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Marriage and Money: 5 Tips To Reduce the Money Arguments

Family Balance Sheet

Women’s Money Week will run from March 5th-11th, 2012 on WomensMoneyWeek.com — coinciding with International Women’s Day. It is not always easy to communicate your current financial snapshot with your spouse, so let the balance sheet do the talking for you. This will keep you on the same page and marching in the same direction.

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Weather at Disney World is Unpredictable – Be Prepared!

Saving Everyday

During this monsoon of a rainstorm, I was working “platform”, which meant I stood on the train platform to communicate with the conductor and engineer as they approached the station, interact with guests, and made sure no one crossed the safety lines. Average Low: 52° F March. Portable fans. Average temperatures at Disney World.

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Is Self-Sufficiency Possible in the 21st Century?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I was without power for a week one cold Midwest March. How would we deal with the sewage; lack of water; lack of heat; and interrupted supply of food, coffee, light, entertainment, communication ability? Americans pride themselves on their ‘Yankee ingenuity’ – making do or doing without.

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Christmas Savings Club | February Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

The bad news is that I didn't communicate my plan for a pantry challenge with my husband and his whole foods cleanse started in the month that I was doing a pantry challenge. We just need to be mindful enough that we can make up that $40 on top of our $100 goal for March. March's Assignments. The Good News & the Bad News.

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