Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 4, 2015

However a few years ago, we found ourselves with too much debt and not enough cash. Within a year after settlement, we found ourselves with a lot of debt, not enough cash flow, and very little set aside for emergencies. As much as I wanted to be a property owner, the extra debt was beginning to suffocate us.

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

Staying out of debt was/is very important to me & miraculously I have succeeded this far, praise God. Now-I’m a single parent who works part-time, cares for my elder mother, homeschools & runs a farm. From my mother: she taught me mostly everything including checkbook balancing, saving, investing, economics, etc.

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

After I became a mother, finances became much more complicated. The first few years after graduating, I racked up a large credit card debt and bought a new SUV that cost approximately the same as my annual salary. Visiting family in Florida, we enjoy no-cost activities like visiting their beautiful beaches! helping out 7.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 18, 2019

Here are some situations that could warrant the need for quick funding: Debts Must Be Settled: For those that care about their credit score, paying off a debt means making sure that each monthly payment is made on time, and in full. But mother nature always manages to find a way to cause unavoidable disasters.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 11, 2016

As the mother of two young daughters I can totally relate to delusional thoughts about fairies as I have been waiting for the cleaning fairy to stop by for years. Currently, we are snowballing our non-mortgage debts, otherwise known as Baby Step 2. This post is sponsored by Chris Hogan and Retire Inspired.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 4, 2011

Philip from Deliver Away Debt shares his story: How I Delivered Away My Debt. mbhunter from Mighty Bargain Hunter asks Are you contributing to this debt clock? and says, “The big debt clock is over $14 trillion now, but this other one is approaching $1 trillion, and may affect you more directly.&#. How about you?

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Saving Cents With Sense

MAY 2, 2014

Frugal Living: How To Manage Your Money and Be Debt Free to Build Wealth by Clark Evans. Mother’s Day Coupon Book. 30 Kid Friendly Mother’s Day Recipes. 30 Kid Friendly Mother’s Day Recipes. Even Tempered Mother by Tabitha Philen. The Beginners Guide to Knitting by Lily Jones. Cabinet Latch Starter Kit.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 24, 2013

what you learned your mother and father about money. Taking on debt never has bothered me, because I have always felt that we kept it under control and no matter what, would pay it off. And Jon Gallo, J.D, the authors suggest a couple of ways of identifying this. family stories about money. Management : Micromanager Secure Chaotic.

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For the Mommas

OCTOBER 21, 2014

When the restaurant owned by those relatives is about to be taken away because of debt troubles, Sayaka herself becomes the new collateral for the restaurant in order to get an extension on their loan repayment deadline…on the condition that she serve as the new “plaything” for Subaru, a famous model who doubles as an employee of the loan company.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 24, 2012

There’s Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Grandparents Day, Nurses Day, Bosses Day, Administrative Assistant’s Day, Breast Cancer Awareness Day, Black History Month and now – since 2004, Financial Literacy Month. On March 28, 2012 the Senate passed Resolution 409 that officially recognized April as National Financial Literacy Month.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 8, 2012

They barely have food to eat, and the mother, who is pregnant, prepares for the new baby by sewing feedsack nighties for him. Yet, when people in the community come to ask for donations for the needy, the narrator’s mother does not hesitate to give away some of her few remaining canned goods. So, how do you give to charities?

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Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 14, 2014

We’ll talk about cash flow, budgets, debts, and all of the nitty gritty of our finances that might not be fun to talk about, but are so important to discuss. There are birthdays, anniversaries,weddings, babies, graduations, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Valentine’s Day and many more days to plan for.

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Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Dave Ramsey is famous for telling his listeners to start delivering pizzas to claw their way out of debt. She was a stay at home mother and the hours fit her husband’s work schedule. Find a Part-Time Job. Years ago, a neighbor started delivering newspapers to increase their family’s income.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 24, 2013

Having a job as a teenager helped take the edge off of my single mother’s tight budget, and while it wasn’t a necessity in the truest sense of the word, it saved her a lot of stress and debt.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 9, 2015

While I would love to stick with the $500 budget–it makes life a little easier–I really need to tighten the belt this year to help us hit our debt payoff goals. I served the chicken with wild rice, homemade sugar-free applesauce , and corn that my mother and I blanched and froze back in August.

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Tell us a little about yourself I’m a married mother of two teenage boys (18 and 16) who grew up in the country near a small town in Iowa. I think I could have gotten discouraged in my 20’s when I was chipping away at student loan debt and a car loan and in my 30’s when I had two kids in day care. Being consistent.

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Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 6, 2012

It could be from the stress of unemployment, a large debt load, or the amount of shoes in someone's closet; money can be an evil force in a marriage. Do you want to eliminate your credit card debt? I didn't like the feeling of being a mother hen and I knew he wanted a little breathing room. Although, it wasn't always that way.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

The Debt Princess: The Kool-Aid Effect: The Relationship Between the Poor & Nutrition – A look into how the working poor are eating unhealthy. Debt consolidation loans help minimize the payment you have to pay, which was a huge help back when I was a broke college graduate. My student loans stand at approximately $22,550.

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Nicoles Nickels

APRIL 1, 2013

I think about my own family where my mother handled all of the finances (as I do now in my family) and how there are a lot of families that are not like this. I meet women every day who have no idea how much income comes into their homes or anything about expenses, assets or debts.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Knowing about and utilizing this pension would have made my Mother-in-law’s life somewhat easier while she was growing up in that deceased Veteran’s household. We don’t like debt. Many years later, one of her daughter’s husbands helped her apply for it – just a few years before her death in her 80’s.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

I pointed out the multitude of new blogs related to saving money, being frugal, getting debt under control and learning about finances. We didn’t do that one, although we did have one morning a week Mother’s Day Outs at the local church. Peggy: I’m glad to see folks finally interested in saving and investing.

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Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 9, 2014

We’ll talk about cash flow, budgets, debts, and all of the nitty gritty of our finances that might not be fun to talk about, but are so important to discuss. My mother recently borrowed some luggage from us for a plane trip. Welcome to 31 Days to Organize Your Finances.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 7, 2011

He became a hoarder, he has not worked in years, he feels unemployable and his house is now encumbered with debt and will soon be put up for a tax sale. There is a mother, worried over her grown son who was involved with drugs early in life and was recently hit by a car. How does he get his self-esteem back?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 25, 2011

Racism, bullying, marriage, divorce, debt, etc.; It’s like breaking news everyday with the subject being mother nature and what we can do. His entire blog is his personal story about how he got himself out of debt and the personal growth and transformation that occurred during that journey. The Simple Dollar.

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Saving Everyday

JANUARY 10, 2012

The debt of gratitude that I feel for all of you, most of whom I will never meet, is indescribable. My mother died when I was very young and Dad had it hard…so did we. Because of this site, and the unwavering support of my readers, I was able to pick up my life in Kentucky and go to Florida to be with my Dad.

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