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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

Family Balance Sheet

But in August 2013 , our business softened, renovations to our new building were more costly than planned, and we were now the owners of two mortgages: our home and our business. Boy am I glad we don’t have that loan right now! Yep, life was good. March 2020 arrived. The Pandemic hit our state and country.

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Meet a Reader | Lina from Germany

The Frugal Girl

We really didn’t have much money to spend, all my clothes were hand-me-downs (mostly from my older boy-cousin, not fun when you are a teenage girl, and you have to wear boys’ clothes!). Use it for some renovation/home improvement projects and give some to a charity. I do drive, but not very often.