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Where we found money in April

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I have used the extra money to pay off debt, fund family trips, or build up our Christmas savings. Years ago during our Debt Freedom Plan, I avoided using credit cards, not because we had credit card debt, but I was trying to limit our overall spending. cashback from our travel rewards Visa.

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Where I found money in February

Family Balance Sheet

I have used the extra money to pay off debt, fund family trips, or build up our Christmas savings. This trip was a reward for our years of paying off six figures of debt , and we were going to pack a lot into our week. I donated plasma 5 times in February which is short of my goal of 8 times. Whew, got all of that!

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

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I don’t have to drive my kids everywhere, which means I have more time to do things like cook or projects around the house, or volunteer (and build connections) in my community. I was in 4th grade, and had 2 younger siblings when they began their debt-repayment journey. Do you have any tips for frugal travel or vacations?

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RT @ wisebread Houses You Can Build Yourself | Wise Bread [link] Going to consider this if we decide to change residence. #. Reader Asks About Selling Home to Pay Off Debt – [link] I agree. Former NFL Player Commits Suicide, Donates Brain to Science [link] Gosh! Paying Debt vs. Saving Money [link] I say pay off debt.

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Meet a Reader | Mbmom11, in the Midwest

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I would like to retire and not have to worry about every last penny, and to be able to travel a little and treat my kids. If I could spend it without strings, I might just donate it to a food pantry. He got his roofing urges out when he build our garage last year though!) Why do I want to save money? 😉 10.

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Meet a Reader | Kim from Iowa

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We also love travel and plan on doing much more of that when we retire. International travel when I was in high school really shaped the course of my life and I wanted to share that with my boys. I’d send some to my nieces to help with their college expenses and would donate half to our local food pantry.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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Philip from Deliver Away Debt shares his story: How I Delivered Away My Debt. Nicole from Nicole and Maggie: Grumpy Rumblings of the Untenured tells her story about giving Self Serving Donations. mbhunter from Mighty Bargain Hunter asks Are you contributing to this debt clock? How about you? What do you think?