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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

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I’m Shannon Brown, and I’m a crunchy Christian mama blessed to live in beautiful North Idaho. He now works as an architect, and I do some freelance from home now that we have kids. Luckily, even without misguided financial beliefs, we did pay off a significant portion of our debt before having kids.

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Find out How Acadia & Her Husband Paid off $97,000 in Student Loans

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Louis neighborhood is within walking distance to the zoo and a couple of parks, so I enjoy walking with the kids each day to let them run off some energy and I get a little workout in too. Just as others may struggle with staying on budget, we struggled in dealing with not having much time for each other or as a family during that time.

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P.E.P. for the Week of February 14-18/11-Planning Edition

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In my life, my parents have always seemed to do quite well financially and we never suffered as kids. I loved that series as a kid. Canadian Finance Blog tells us why living debt free doesn’t help our credit score. Sweating the Big Stuff reminds us to teach our kids now about finances. How about you?

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Meet Stacy. She and her husband paid off $20,000 in 8 Months.

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How often do you and your spouse discuss your finances/budget/spending? We do budget together EVERY SINGLE MONTH. Because each month needs a different budget based on the circumstances you’re currently in. I carry the budget envelopes in my purse, because if Barry carried them in his pockets, that would just be weirdo.

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