The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 9, 2024

My cute kids when they were little I used to be a Spanish teacher until I stopped working to stay home with my kids. As well as other “from scratch” things like my current main hobby of teaching myself how to spin yarn from our sheeps’ wool. My husband is a middle school language arts teacher.

Oregon 186

Oregon Home and Garden Kids and Family Money 186

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

What are your hobbies? San Antonio, Texas is our home when we aren’t traveling the world. Daniel took on an extra job doing support work for an online company that he could do from home. We ate at home a lot and watched our food budget carefully. When something unexpected comes up we have another budget meeting.

Debt 245

Debt Debt Free Finance Friends And Family Sale 245

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 17, 2018

We sent them off on Monday morning and they came home Saturday afternoon. One thing that I didn’t want to do much of on our date week was COOK, but I didn’t want blow our budget. Our home was very quiet and we missed our girls terribly, but we had a wonderful week too. A yard salin’ we will go!

Home and Garden 100

Home and Garden Financial Goals Friends And Family Sale Gardening 100

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

They will appreciate the thoughtfulness and might also be looking to reduce the sheer amount of unnecessary stuff that comes into their homes during the holidays. Not everyone is and professional sessions don’t always fit into people’s budgets. Are you an amazing home cook? What are your hobbies and/or skills?

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Christmas Gifts Home and Garden Flowers and Gifts 130

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 30, 2013

We can slash our budgets to bare bones, but the quickest way to reach our savings goal is to increase our income. She was a stay at home mother and the hours fit her husband’s work schedule. It might be a good fit for a stay at home who needs to work their schedule around their’s spouse’s.

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Finds Part Time Hobby October 113

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Before we get to the list, if you haven’t started planning for Christmas, I offer this FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget Excel Worksheet to my email subscribers. Enough was enough and we have since changed our ways of budgeting for Christmas gifts. Make Money from your Skills or Hobbies. Sell your crafts.

Christmas 130

Christmas Finds Friends And Family Sale Donation 130

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

For example, if you are expecting your sales volume to escalate, even if it is really possible, exclude it in preparing your budget. It will just turn your home into a warehouse of unused things that in essence are costing you money. Monetize your hobby. Turn your hobby into something that generates income. What is 10-1?

Debt Free 235

Debt Free Debt Emergency Fund Hobby 235

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

What are your hobbies? He now works as an architect, and I do some freelance from home now that we have kids. That’s about it for hobbies, as our little ones are 1 and 3. We bought into the myth that student loan debt is “good debt” and that it was better to “invest” in buying a home instead.

Debt Free 100

Debt Free Debt Financial Goals Budgeting 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 10, 2011

Enjoy Hobbies. While you are unemployed, take advantage of the time you have off by pursuing some of the hobbies you may have placed on the back burner. Set a Firm Budget. When you first become unemployed, set a strict monthly budget and stick to it. Also take the time to get adequate physical activity.

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Unemployment Hobby Budgeting Budget 172

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

What are your hobbies? Look over your current budget. We had financial advisors look over our budget and make suggestions about what we could cut. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? How often do you and your spouse discuss your finances/budget/spending?

Debt Free 241

Debt Free Debt Emergency Fund Finance 241

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 23, 2015

Teach or Tutor your Skills & Hobbies. When people get away over the summer, many would gladly pay for someone to watch over their home. You don’t even have to stay at the home, you could just check in daily to collect the mail, water the plants and garden, feed the goldfish, open/close blinds, etc. Budget travel'

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Vacation Finds Friends And Family Sale Home and Garden 100

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 18, 2015

She is the author of the successful website, Living Well Spending Less , where she writes about finding the Good Life on a budget. What are your hobbies? My husband was formerly an aerospace engineer but is now a stay-at-home-dad, and I run a blog called LivingWellSpendingLess.com. We usually sit down to go over our budget.

Debt Free 100

Debt Free Debt Finds Home and Garden 100

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 21, 2015

What are your hobbies? I own a software consultancy that I run from home and my husband is a letter carrier with the post office. I own a software consultancy that I run from home and my husband is a letter carrier with the post office. We have 2 girls that I am home schooling this year. The budget is key.

Debt 100

Debt Debt Free Las Vegas Finance 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Every couple of months, I hop in my car and get ready for the 4 hour, solitary drive to my home town, where I hang out with my parents for a couple of days (holidays, etc). Especially since, when we go home, we usually want to go see friends or have errands to do, and we aren’t just hanging around our parents’ houses.

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Wellness Audio Satellite Radio Music 202

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2021

Make it a game and be creative when looking for money within your budget and finding new ways to earn extra money. Groceries is the easiest budget category to overspend. Are you paying too much for home/auto insurance, cable, internet, cell? 4 – Skip the AM drive-thru and eat breakfast at home.

Emergency Fund 130

Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 130

Saving Everyday

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The first thing I do every morning is make coffee, sit down at my desk, open my budget spreadsheet, log into the bank, and enter anything that came out overnight plus what we spent the previous day. For example, this month we went about $135 over our frivolous spending budget. Check your hobbies. It takes five minutes!

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Saving Money Money Saving Bills 52

Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 4, 2014

What are your hobbies? The church paid for his home and a small salary and that was all he had. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? How often do you and your spouse discuss your finances/budget/spending? Budget Debt Free Stories Financial Freedom' Where are you from?

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Debt Free Debt Goals Student 243

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 22, 2015

What are your hobbies? After putting together a budget, it took us 18 months to pay off all of that debt! The main arguments we had happened when we overspent in a budget category. But we learned to be flexible and did the best that we could to stay on track with our budget. Tell us about you and your family.

Debt 100

Debt Debt Free Finance Finds 100

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 16, 2015

She blogs about living a limitless life on a limited budget at Frugal Debt Free Life. What are your hobbies? I am a stay at home mom and freelance marketer and my husband works in the construction industry. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? To pay off our home early.

Debt 100

Debt Debt Free Finds Goals 100

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

You can find Angela at her You Tube channel, Our Life…on a Budget , where she vlogs about getting out of debt and staying there! What are your hobbies? Coming home from a trip to Disney World was what started it all. The first thing we did was to review our spending and create a budget. Where are you from?

Debt 100

Debt Debt Free Budgeting Budget 100

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2015

He writes at Debt Discipline about about how his family of 5 deals with money, budgets and debt. What are your hobbies? . I was looking for a get out of debt free card, but quickly realized managing money was really all common sense: having a plan for you money in a form of a budget and spend less then you make.

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Debt Credit Cards Debt Free Credit 100

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Before we get to the list, if you haven’t started planning for Christmas, here’s my FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget Excel Worksheet to help you get started. Enough was enough and we have since changed our ways about budgeting for Christmas gifts. Make Money from your Skills or Hobbies. Are you Crafty?

Christmas 235

Christmas Finds Part Time Thrift Stores 235

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 6, 2012

That is a joint responsibility between the two spouses (at least in our home). Or buy a home? We have a budget for items like clothes, hair cuts, and miscellany, but I felt like I was getting blind sided by some purchases and my husband felt like I was watching his spending like a hawk. Be realistic, but dream a little too.

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Money Financial Goals Goals Kids and Family 225

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

She hosts a You Tube channel, The Former Mrs. Jones , where she vlogs about budgeting, debt free living, and family life. What are your hobbies? It started with $40,000 in consumer debt (vehicles, credit cards, small student loan) and then sold our home and eliminated the $140,000 of mortgage debt. We do a monthly budget.

Debt 100

Debt Debt Free Bath and Body Works Gas 100

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 20, 2017

What are your hobbies? our home with a GREAT interest rate so we are okay with it. strict budget. We committed to using a cash budget, and we talked daily at. 1 – Set a budget. Not only did we write a new budget before the start of. came up that day that made us need to tweak some of our other budget.

Debt 100

Debt Debt Free Friends And Family Sale Budgeting 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Learning how to make your own clothes is a pastime that will not only save you some money, it is skill that can evolve into a hobby that you love. If you’re on a limited budget and a new sewing machine is out of the question, look for a used one. Here are some helpful tips to get you going. Getting Started.

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Clothes Clothing Making Sewing 216

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

That’s why it’s so important to find a profitable hobby. I’m blaming this primarily on budget. A lot of people like the luxury of accomplishing things at home without the pressure of thinking about work. It’s no secret that the majority of people dislike employment. Deep down, everybody knows what makes them happy.

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Vacation Economical Birthday Fridays 221

Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 5, 2015

What are your hobbies? I am a stay at home mom to 3 kiddos and a cockapoo named Otis. We live a pretty busy lives and when given free weekends at home we love spending time at home on our little farm. We made the decision to tackle our debt back at our home church in Chattanooga. Hi, We’re the Gann Fam!

Debt 100

Debt Debt Free Finds Finance 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

What are your hobbies? I wanted to take all the fun out of life and nagged him constantly about the budget. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? How often do you and your spouse discuss your finances/budget/spending? I do the overall budget and daily tracking.

Debt 100

Debt Debt Free Finance Goals 100

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

With the demand for video, this is another business idea that you can start at a very low cost, in your own home. With the popularity of podcasts from newspapers and other media providers, private individuals have been able to jump on the trend—turning a hobby into a fully-fledged business. Do you love to cook and entertain guests?

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Real Estate Re-use Podcasts Work 52

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 11, 2016

Do you want to spend time on your hobbies? It was my way to contribute to our finances while I was staying at home with her. Even now that our daughters are in school full-time and I’m working outside the home, I still consider myself the FOM and it’s a job I take seriously, and you should too. Do you want to travel?

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2016 Debt Finance Tools 100

Saving In Akron

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Check out the budget-friendly deals at Five Below. Home » Housewares. Sports & Fitness » Games & Hobbies. There are quite a few great gift items to grab, from games to shoes and accessories. Some of the hottest deals are U-Build Monopoly, Hot Wheels, and Superman and Transformers action figures for $5.

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Friday Deals Fridays Wii Dvd 113

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Look for money within your budget and find creative ways to earn extra money. Are you paying too much for home/auto insurance, cable, internet? 4 – Skip the AM drive thru and eat breakfast at home. If you find yourself hitting the drive thru on your way to work, start making your breakfast and brewing your coffee at home.

Emergency Fund 100

Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 100

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

She and her husband paid off $147,000 in debt–including their home. What are your hobbies? That’s one of my hobbies.) About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) How often do you and your spouse discuss your finances/budget/spending?

Debt 236

Debt Debt Free Pay Off Debt Financial Goals 236

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2015

The year before, after all, I successfully made up a role playing game to reinforce the idea of budgets and household cash flow. I just printed them out on my ink jet home printer. Last, I searched through the games I had at home to find player tokens, play money and dice. You’ve created a wonderful family experience.

Games 100

Games Making Garage Sale Kids and Family 100

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 2, 2015

What are your hobbies? We sold the majority of our possessions and now our family of 5 lives in a two bedroom apartment in the city as opposed to our much, much larger home in the suburbs. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? Tell us about you and your family. Where are you from?

Student 100

Student Debt Debt Free Finds 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 28, 2011

This really was a hobby adventure anyways. Frugal Dad tells us how it’s possible to have a wedding on a budget. Sustainable Personal Finance tells us how they make healthy lunches from home and save. Aspiring Millionaire tells us how to best sell our home. Taking it now or in the summer is not a huge deal.

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January 2010 Personal Finance Finance 124