2018 Bills Making Savings Account 
Family Balance Sheet
JANUARY 11, 2019
In 2018, we decided to focus on just 2 main financial goals and before I share my 2019 goals I thought I would give you a recap on 2018. Our 2018 Financial Goals: Finish our Will. Save $10k in a savings account, specifically earmarked for medical expenses. I almost stopped writing goals down altogether.
Family Balance Sheet
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
My monthly savings goal was $100. This should cover my tentative 2019 Christmas budget that I based on what we spent in 2018. I added the check to our savings. In March, I added $70 in $1 bills that I had been setting aside for the past year. I’ll continue to do so to help pad the account. It became a habit.
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Family Balance Sheet
JANUARY 25, 2019
How did you do with your Christmas spending in 2018? But if those gifts were paid with a credit card that doesn’t get paid off as soon as the bill arrives, any savings from store sales, coupons, and/or rebates might be negated from the interest accrued. Now start creating a budget based on what you spent in 2018.
Family Balance Sheet
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
On the 25th of every month from January to November in 2019, I will hold a virtual meeting on the blog to give updates on our progress, motivate one another, and help all of us save for a cash Christmas. This should cover my tentative 2019 Christmas budget that I based on what we spent in 2018. I added the check to our savings.
Family Balance Sheet
FEBRUARY 19, 2022
Instead, he shared the story about Susan, a wife, and mother who handled all of the financial tasks in her home, from budgeting to making investment decisions. My new mission was to manage our money to make sure we used it wisely and stretched it as far as possible. Pay our bills in a timely manner.
Family Balance Sheet
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
That was a hit to our budget, but we reworked our numbers to find the funds and make it fit. We hit our Annual Household Portion (think: deductible) with this medical event and our medical bills started to be paid by the other members’ shares. On the spreadsheet below, you’ll see that the December bills were quite high.
Family Balance Sheet
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
We generally don’t have a lot of medical bills–just the usual stuff like annual physicals, some blood work, and an occasional sick visit. With my husband’s encouragement, we decided to focus on our daughter’s recovery and healing and we would deal with the medical bills when the time came.
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