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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

The season of family, faith, food, and…shopping… collective sigh… The spending part of Christmas can get crazy, so I’ve come up with a list of ideas to find some extra cash for your Christmas spending if you’re coming up short. January will be one giant nightmare when the credit card bills start rolling in.

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Our Family Finances Update: January 2021

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Yep, I found a $20 bill last year on the beach! We think we’ll use the money towards summer vacation. We’re converting our basement to a family room area and the original family room (in the pic above) is becoming a home office. This money will go towards paying the actual medical bills from the injury.

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Our 2019 Financial Goal

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We use Medi-Share for our healthcare and our Annual Household Portion is $10k. That’s the amount of our medical bills we need to pay before our bills are covered by the members’ shares. It was routine for us. Unfortunately, we had a medical event in 2017 and we were on the hook for the first 10k of bills.

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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Pre-coronavirus, we didn’t think twice about shaking a stranger’s hand, using the ATM keypad, or going to the grocery store without donning a hazmat suit. I set up a strategy years ago to pay for those yearly expenses , so thankfully, there’s money for these bills and we won’t fall behind. Cash is King.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

January will be one giant nightmare when the credit card bills start rolling in. I use this spreadsheet. The series was inspired by my own problem with not having enough cash at Christmas in 2012. Are you fluent in another language or maybe you’re a math whiz? Hopefully, that’s your goal too. Are you Crafty?

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Overhaul Your Monthly Budget: Tips to Save Now So You Can Splurge Later

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If you’re tired of being broke, it can be tempting to blow some money you don’t have on lobster, steak or a bottle of wine. Eliminate What You’re Not Using or Don’t Need. Reduce Your Energy Used. Heating and cooling costs account for about half the average energy bill, according to the U.S.

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Energizer Utility Cash Review and Giveaway

Nicoles Nickels

With the rising cost of utilities, we can all use a little bit of help right? So, beyond helping Habitat, Energizer is doing something to help us all out. Energizer knows how expensive energy bills can be in the summer with the a/c blaring because of the heat and they want to help! © 2012 Nicoles Nickels LLC.

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