Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 4, 2015

We had our daughters later in life and at a crucial time in our lives, I stopped our retirement contribution. When my own parents were the age that I am now, I was graduating from college. I want to live a long healthy life with my daughters and at times, the magnitude of what we need to accomplish financially is overwhelming.

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Goals Debt Renovation Daughter 100

Motherhood Moments

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Alayna graduated high school and moved away to college, all the while working on the book. One of Melissa’s daughters had a life-threatening medical emergency that required a long hospitalization and persistent follow-up. As always, life got in the way during the 2 years we spent writing FULL.

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Nicoles Nickels

MAY 9, 2013

This Sunday my daughter will celebrate her 4th Mother’s Day and I’ll celebrate my 40th! I always loved the handmade gifts my daughter gave me when she was young; the macaroni necklaces, the plaster of paris handprints, the crayon drawings. Each year has presented new and exciting challenges as a mom.

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Saving Cents With Sense

MAY 31, 2012

Wasn’t it just yesterday that I graduated college? She has been such a joy with all the giggles and baby’s “firsts” – and my husband and I have learned that 3 kids REALLY does mean you are outnumbered. :) I’m looking forward to watching her grow older and share in more “mother and daughter” activities. or got married?

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Girls Baby Daughter Mother's 84

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 7, 2014

I home-birthed both of my daughters. I was a freshman in college and I took a bus to Pittsburgh to see 10,000 Maniacs open up for REM. Speaking of college, I have a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Administration with a major in Marketing from Indiana University of PA. I was 36 & 38 when I had children.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Even so his surviving daughter had to live off charity. The Top Personal Finance Tips For Recent Graduates; From 10… How To Talk To Senior Corporate Executives Gain Success and Get the Car of Your Dreams What Is National Financial Literacy Month? This, even though he inherited 3,000 acres and several dozen slaves from his father!

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Personal Finance Finance 2005 Debt 186

Saving Everyday

AUGUST 26, 2014

Written by my daughter, Brittany Madden. Between living expenses, student teaching in Barcelona, and being a new baby college graduate, my funds had gotten pretty low. As you all may remember from a previous post , I was lucky enough to get a Professional Internship at Walt Disney World!

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I’m a long-distance cyclist, a triathlete, a wife, a mother of two, a sister, a daughter, a friend, DIY-er, and a community member! Sunrise with my daughter at Lake Michigan Our son is now 15, and about 25 hours into his private pilot’s license, which he’s funding by earning money working for my father-in-law.

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For the Mommas

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

My 6 month old baby was in the audience watching her Mom graduate. From there I got a job, an apartment and put myself through college. My daughter gave me purpose. Of course it’s no where near ideal to be a teen parent, and I would never want that for my own daughter, but it’s also not the end of the world.

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Burger King 2003 Mom Daughter 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 11, 2016

When I was a young adult, I hadn’t a clue how to go about deciding what I wanted to do ‘when I grow up’ I picked a college major solely on what I enjoyed studying – without any thought or investigation as to how it might (or might not) lead to a job some day. It didn’t.

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Psychology Computers Kids and Family Son 100

The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

I also assumed I’d get a certain salary when graduating that I now know would have been exceptional. I didn’t get any financial education from my parents, but I did take an elective financial education course in college and it went in one ear an other the other, unfortunately. The biggest would be the student loans.

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Virginia Kids and Family Library Frugal 192

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

For 20 or so years I’ve been homeschooling my kids, and am now down to about 1 1/2 (one full-time homeschooler, and one doing College Credit Plus with some support). We also want to get our kids through college without them having loans to pay back, and we are 1 out of 4 on that so far! Also we can stop when we want or need to.

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Rent Son Frugal Home and Garden 189

The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

Our daughter is 24 and was adopted from Eastern Europe when she was one week short of a year old. He married the love of his life almost two years ago, so now we have a daughter-in-law, too. I learned from the best, but I believe that a personal finance course should be a requirement for both high school and college graduation.

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Green And Frugal Kids and Family Hotel Frugal 186

Saving With Shellie

JULY 6, 2012

Once I graduated to “real” coffee – I just lost interest. Even in high school and college in the 90′s, when you weren’t cool unless you were hanging out in coffee shops till all hours, I’d be there, at the coffee shops, drinking hot chocolate or Italian sodas or other non-coffee drinks.

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DIY Starbucks Giveaway Food and Drink 71