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2012 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

We talked through some issues and opportunities for our business and our personal, family, and financial goals. Our 2012 Financial Goals. We have set a goal date of July 2015 to pay off all of our debt. Our oldest daughter is in Kindergarten and we have not started to save for her higher education. Finish Will.

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A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Wish

Family Balance Sheet

We had our daughters later in life and at a crucial time in our lives, I stopped our retirement contribution. At my age, my parents had 20 years of kid-free living ahead of them to focus on their own career goals and to save for their retirement. I wasn’t sure how I was going to pay for everything that month.

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5 Steps to Succeeding Your Goals

Family Balance Sheet

As I planned my goals for 2012, I realized that I made only one goal for myself in 2011. Once I became pregnant with our first daughter in 2005, at the ripe old age of 35, I stopped running completely and took up walking. I was racing to beat my personal goal of a 10 minute mile pace. 5 Steps to Succeeding Your Goals.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 09.22.2017

Family Balance Sheet

It’s a tight budget and I failed miserably over the summer, but we have lots of financial goals, so I need to get it back in line. My husband is not a big fan, so I plan this easy dinner at least once a week or every other week. Friday: My youngest daughter’s elementary school is having a back-to-school potluck picnic.

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

Family Balance Sheet

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 had to chuckle when I saw my training calendar from 2004, the year before our first daughter was born. I wrote "Loser" on June 24 and the funny thing is I remember doing it.

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YoCrunch Pumpkin Pie Parfait Yogurt

Nicoles Nickels

In 1985, we started YoFarm Yogurt Company with the goal of creating a healthy snack by pairing the smoothest European yogurt recipes with New England’s farm-fresh dairy products. Our fans went wild for the smooth, creamy, fruit-filled YoFarm yogurt, but we wanted to make it even better. And I was right! All opinions are my own.

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Lazy Saturday Reads ( Kindle) – Almost a Bride, Interesting Times And More

For the Mommas

When asked to choose his “very best” stories, Charles de Lint went directly to his fans, who helped him select this collection of timeless, magical tales. Includes questions for a mother/daughter book club! Although he can’t resist one hot-blooded kiss after the I-dos of their marriage of convenience wedding.