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My Binder System for Organizing Some Important Areas of My Office and My Life

Family Balance Sheet

The first page in the binder is a master list of my family's favorite, quick fix, healthy meals. My financial binder holds my monthly to-do list , my yearly goals, our Family Balance Sheet , our family budget, and our business budget and statistics. I wrote "Loser" on June 24 and the funny thing is I remember doing it.

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A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Wish

Family Balance Sheet

I manage the finances for our business and our family and by August 2013, I felt the weight of the situation. On top of our normal day to day expenses, the new property taxes were due, we had more ownership expenses than we realized, and we had a family to feed. I wasn’t sure how I was going to pay for everything that month.

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2012 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

On Christmas day, my husband and I spent 4 hours together traveling in a car to visit his family. We talked through some issues and opportunities for our business and our personal, family, and financial goals. Increase Family Emergency Fund to Six Months Salary. Start a Car Replacement Savings Account.

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How I Organize My Paper Files and Filing Cabinet

Family Balance Sheet

Major Category: Insurance - My sub-files are Auto, Health, Health Savings Account, Home-Owners, Life. Major Category: Medical records - I keep a file for each family member. Major Category: Education - I keep a folder for each daughter. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. Please let us know in the comments.

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It Is Time To Teach Our 5 Year Old About Money

Family Balance Sheet

When we got home, my daughter went to get her wallet. She has gotten cash in the past for her birthday or Christmas, but she would have preferred a toy so I have deposited the money in her savings account. I will buy it for you, but you're going to have to pay me back when we get home. Do you understand?", 5 yo : "OK!"

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Disney Trip Cost, Breakdown & How I Paid For It

Saving Everyday

This is the first year I started a Disney/vacation savings account of $25 a week. In all fairness, I should also point out that my family lives less than an hour from Disney, so we go once a year to see them anyway. My daughter will need her car while working at Disney, so we’ll be driving two cars on the way down.

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