Family Balance Sheet

MAY 6, 2020

For many households, their finances and budgets are in limbo. Our emergency fund. I am totally paraphrasing the year, but had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. We celebrated the achievement with a trip over Thanksgiving.

Debt 130

Debt Emergency Fund 2007 2020 130

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 9, 2021

We also didn’t feel comfortable with Dave’s suggestion of a $1000 starter emergency fund, which is his step #1. The point of the starter emergency fund is to get you through until you pay off your non-mortgage debts, at which point, you build a more extensive fund. How to Build your Emergency Fund.

Debt 130

Debt Emergency Fund 2019 Debt Free 130

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 19, 2015

Yet, too often we make excuses not to save money, or we feel like our budget is just too tight to save. There are tricks you can use to save more money even IF your budget is very tight. Earmark this money for an emergency fund, a new car fund, a vacation fund, whatever you would like. I got $200 for free!

Money 100

Money 2015 Emergency Fund Bills 100

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 1, 2015

In 2014, the Grocery Budget Challenge encouraged us to keep our grocery spending in line and to be creative with our meal planning so that we do not over-spend. Weekly Meals on a Budget. Maintaining a grocery budget is a weekly process for me. When I blow off meal planning, I blow up our grocery budget.

2015 100

2015 Money Debt Home and Garden 100