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How We’re Using Upromise to Save for College

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I don’t recall why I never used the account, but I guess it just slipped my mind. Hello, 2020. Right before the pandemic started, I opened 529 College Savings Accounts for our daughters. In January of 2020, I was gung-ho about saving for college, however, I had no idea what was about to happen.

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Best Money Market Account Rates of 2023 (up to 5.30%)

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A money market account is a deposit account that shares some checking and savings accounts features. Most banks offer this account type. Money market interest rates are comparable to those found with savings accounts, with the best money market rates around 0.50% APY or higher.

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How We Frugal-ed in January!

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Welcome to my first “How We Frugal-ed” recap of 2020. Frugal living is being intentional with our money and creative with our resources, so we have more to put towards the things that are important to us. They’re so easy. Shred the chicken and use immediately or freeze. Sheet Pan Dinners!

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How to Build your Emergency Fund

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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. If you’re able, maybe use some of your stimulous money to put towards building an emergency fund. It was a very scary time for us. need to redirect this link.