Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Major Category: Insurance - My sub-files are Auto, Health, Health Savings Account, Home-Owners, Life. Major Category: Education - I keep a folder for each daughter. It has saved us time and our sanity. Major Category: Auto - I keep sub-file for each vehicle with the loan information or deed and service receipts.

Paper 147

Paper Organic Organization Home Improvement 147

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Today at age 50+, I still optimize our cash flow, but my focus is shifting towards saving with our daughters’ future education costs, building our net worth, and planning for our retirement years. In the beginning, I was focused on stretching one paycheck while I stayed at home. Pay our bills in a timely manner.

Office 130

Office Family Finance Kids and Family 130

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 18, 2011

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!"

Money 138

Money Equal Grandfather Daughter 138

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 30, 2017

Because of that, I urged my daughters-in-law to develop their own earning power. Spouses used to use secret overseas bank accounts to hide money from each other prior to a divorce split up. I wanted to buy a nice TV so I had to save up for it. Asset hiding. Infamous in divorce cases, one spouse hides assets from the other.

Money 100

Money Camping Equipment Bank Banking 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

After that first update we thought our daughter was in the clear and our medical drama was behind us. However, that all changed the end of November when my daughter called me from school that she had a reoccurrence. We had high deductible health plans from 2004 – 2016 and contributed many years to a health savings account.

Health Insurance 113

Health Insurance Insurance 2017 Bills 113

Saving Everyday

JULY 13, 2012

This is the first year I started a Disney/vacation savings account of $25 a week. My daughter will need her car while working at Disney, so we’ll be driving two cars on the way down. Any gift cards I get go right into the cute little Disney Fund box my daughter made me (in the pic above). Gas = $350. It takes 2.5

Disney 83

Disney Hotel Goals Money 83

The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

Our daughter is 24 and was adopted from Eastern Europe when she was one week short of a year old. He married the love of his life almost two years ago, so now we have a daughter-in-law, too. Now I wish those dollars had gone into our savings accounts. Our son is 29 and biological. Alan doesn’t share that regret.

Green And Frugal 180

Green And Frugal Kids and Family Hotel Frugal 180

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Being self-employed, we have a higher starter fund on hand and when we pay off our non-mortgage debt, we will save to at least 6 months expenses and maybe even more. Remember this account is specifically for your emergency fund. 2 – Decide where to put the money. 19 – Shop thrifty for you clothing needs.

Emergency Fund 100

Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 100

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 20, 2017

friends or family to save on housing costs, and we put a little bit from. each check into a savings account. had a small amount already saved for a tiny vacation. daughter’s tenth birthday. While we said no to eating out and going to the movies all the time, we. were not about to give up a summer vacation!

Debt 100

Debt Debt Free Friends And Family Sale Budgeting 100

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 17, 2018

2 – Save $10k in a savings account, specifically earmarked for medical expenses. We hit our Annual Household Portion (kind of like a deductible) of $10,000 with Medi-Share in 2017 when our daughter had an unexpected medical condition arise that required multiple tests, 3 surgeries, and medication.

Financial Goals 113

Financial Goals Goals 2018 Debt 113

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 17, 2017

The new monthly payment would have left us ‘insurance poor’ On top of that bombshell discovery, we realized the insurance plans that were being offered to us were NOT compatible with a health savings account, a tax deductible savings vehicle offered to those with high deductible health plans.

Health Insurance 164

Health Insurance Insurance Health Bills 164