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Meet a Reader | Maria in Florida

The Frugal Girl

Our secondary “why” is to have the funds to pay in full for our yearly vacation since we’ve acquired a love for river cruising. Note from Kristen: I didn’t know what river cruising was, so I googled! Maria, tell us some more about river cruising. What makes you prefer that over open ocean cruising?

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Our 2023 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

I cried for days and we celebrated the occasion with a family cruise a few months later. In 2020, our financial goals were to read, research, and understand both college and retirement planning. Our oldest is a junior in high school and college becomes reality in the fall of 2024. College is crazy expensive right now.

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We’re Going Back To Disney World!!

Saving Everyday

Our daughter was accepted into the Disney College Program and will be checking in the first week of September. Although she’ll be busy with all with all sorts of fun Disney College stuff, we’re hoping to see her as much as possible. But that’s not all… my awesome husband TOTALLY surprised me with a CRUISE!!!

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Your Diploma Guarantees You Nothing

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Are you taking college classes currently? If you are a young college student and are excited about the opportunities that await you after you receive your college diploma, you may want to read this post very carefully. College is a great thing, but it isn’t what it used to be. This post was written by Derek.

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Create your debt freedom plan

Family Balance Sheet

We celebrated both occasions with a family cruise that we paid for with cash. Once the time came, as a family, we decided on a cruise over Thanksgiving instead of Disney. Start college funds for our two girls. Once the time came, we settled on a family cruise and had a fantastic time. I cried for two days–lol!

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Four Reasons to Have a Gravel Driveway

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If we re-installed a paved surface driveway, the county assessor would no doubt cruise by and decide to raise our property taxes – at least according to my spouse! Ice doesn’t sheet up as much as it does on a paved surface, also providing better traction. Gravel Doesn’t Cause The County to Raise Our Property Taxes.

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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

I got into minimalist content in high school, and somehow found Dave Ramey through there just before I went to college. My college education. The interim dean introduced me to the internship at that college that led to my current career. In college, I made the decision to stop wearing makeup (for a variety of reasons).