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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

Family Balance Sheet

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Brian. He writes at Debt Discipline about about how his family of 5 deals with money, budgets and debt. I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. I started my blog Debt Discipline to help keep us accountable while paying off our debt.

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Family Office Manager

Family Balance Sheet

I read this book around the same time that I became a mother and left the full-time workforce to stay at home with our new baby. No surprise there; I write a blog about family life and finances. Implement our Debt Freedom Plan. I also manage the finances of our business. Please let us know in the comments.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

’ Financial Planning Ashley presents Should I Get Married with Debt? Several weeks ago, I made the decision that it was about time to start looking for a new full time job. Do you have thousands of dollars worth of student loan debt and/or credit card debt?

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3 Important Lessons in Living Frugally, But Not Too Frugally

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Guest Post Author Bio: David Bakke enjoys living frugally in Atlanta and frequently shares his best financial tips and experiences on Money Crashers , an online resource ranked as one of the top personal finance blogs online. Losing Valuable Time. Below are my three biggest discoveries.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

I learned from the best, but I believe that a personal finance course should be a requirement for both high school and college graduation. My biggest financial regret is the amount of money we spent on restaurant meals from the time we were married and both working full time to when we had kids.

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An Easy Way to Save for Irregular Expenses

For the Mommas

The term “sinking fund” was originally a business term used to designate a savings account where a corporation holds funds for the repayment of a debt in order to improve their liquidity. In personal finance, a sinking fund is a savings account that is designated specifically for an irregular expense.