Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 11, 2020

How I’m managing our family budget during the Pandemic: We pay ourselves at the beginning of each month, so when this crisis started in mid-March, we were covered for the month. Folks did we just enter the twilight zone?! Budget items we are temporarily stopping for now: EVERYTHING ELSE! year old Honda Odyssey with a new to us vehicle.

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Budget Budgeting Family Debt 246

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

The Goal of the Grocery Budget Challenge is to be creative with our meal planning and grocery shopping so that we do not over-spend. March’s Assignments. Action Step 1 : Plan your grocery budget for March. Action Step 5: Meet back here on Friday, March 30 , ready to discuss your successes and challenges for the month.

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Budget Budgeting February Grocery 124

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 16, 2013

So on January 1, 2011, I made the bold goal to run my first half marathon that year. In 2012, I made the bold goal to run TWO half marathons. This year's goal is to improve my time and run in less than 2 hours. That plan worked well for me when my goal was to simply finish the race, but now I've proven that I can run 13.1

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Goals October 2011 Sprint 127

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 26, 2021

Life suddenly changed for most of us in March 2020 and this past year of the pandemic has reinforced how important an emergency fund is. According to Dave’s Baby Steps, once non-mortgaged debts are paid off, your goal should be to save three to six months of living expenses. need to redirect this link. A Very Tough Year.

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Emergency Fund Building 2007 Credit Cards 130

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 21, 2015

It would be hard to have the laid back life we envisioned with both of us working frantically just to pay bills (mostly made of debt.) Funny how that works. For the last two years, I told anyone who would listen about us trying to make our goal of being totally debt free. If married, who initiated the debt free goal?

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Debt Debt Free Las Vegas Finance 100

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 27, 2015

Ryan is a high school math teacher and also officiates college basketball (November thru March). Our initial goal was to pay off our 15 year mortgage in 7-8 years by doubling our payment each month. My husband worked (and still does) an extra job – My husband refs high school and college basketball, which brings in a good extra income.

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Debt Debt Free Pay Off Debt Finds 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 10, 2011

His progress touches my heart because I work in the area of cancer care and I see people every day who are losing their lives to lung cancer caused by smoking. I am getting better at it, thanks to yoga, but it is still a battle most days. I am definitely Tigger: always ready to try something new and very goal orientated.

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Personal Finance March Finance Family 133

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 3, 2011

I am so glad that things seem to be working themselves out and I can spend time with my family once again. Just like Money Ning mentioned, we can splurge sometimes without it ruining our goals. Let me tell you; it’s not easy figuring out what will work and it’s not easy to make big sacrifices. Any tips to share?

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February Family March Finance 140

Saving Cents With Sense

MARCH 21, 2011

His Financial Peace University teaches people how to make the right decisions regarding money and empowers them to achieve their financial goals. This is a perfect way to start working through Dave’s principles. If you are already a subscriber (thank you!), just leave me a comment!

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Giveaway Package Financial Goals Debt 94

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 7, 2013

For 10 weeks between March and early May, I charted my progress as I trained for the Pittsburgh Half Marathon. I did all of that work during that weeks 1 - 9. My goals for week 10 were to get through my workouts, continue to nurse my left foot, get plenty of sleep, drink lots of water, and eat really well. Thanks for reading.

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Pace Kids and Family Hotel Breakfast 100

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. You may need to spend some time writing down your goals and/or expectations for retirement, but asking the questions is where everyone begins. Yet, just thinking about retirement.

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Credit Cards Credit Finance Personal Finance 220