Motherhood Moments

JUNE 25, 2023

There are two good ways to address disciplinary inconsistency: parental diligence and communication. Being engaged and motivated to enforce the rules that are important for your family is a full-time job. Communicating that life is a little unpredictable to your kids is important. Screen time is a perfect example.

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Parenting Making Kids and Family Communications 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

I read this book around the same time that I became a mother and left the full-time workforce to stay at home with our new baby. Most are now set up on automatic billing which almost makes this a non-issue, but early on when I mailed actual checks, paying bills on time was a top priority. There must be open communication.

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Office Family Finance Kids and Family 130

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 20, 2017

working full time at a low-paying job and going to grad school full time, while my husband was working multiple jobs just to help us make ends meet. get better once I had my masters degree and could teach full-time. full-time so we started bringing in a decent amount of money. It was never.

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Debt Debt Free Friends And Family Sale Budgeting 100

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2015

I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. We were planning our family summer vacation and came to the conclusion that we had no money to pay for it. The key is communication. We cut way back on entertainment and vacations during debt repayment. What do you and your spouse do for a living?

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Debt Credit Cards Debt Free Credit 100

Saving Everyday

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Now, being born in Florida and spending many family vacations there, I knew it got hot. During this monsoon of a rainstorm, I was working “platform”, which meant I stood on the train platform to communicate with the conductor and engineer as they approached the station, interact with guests, and made sure no one crossed the safety lines.

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Disney World Disney Florida Chapstick 40

Saving Everyday

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Now, being born in Florida and spending many family vacations there, I knew it got hot. During this monsoon of a rainstorm, I was working “platform”, which meant I stood on the train platform to communicate with the conductor and engineer as they approached the station, interact with guests, and made sure no one crossed the safety lines.

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Disney World Disney Florida February 52

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

My parents were married for 7 years before having kids, and during that time they both worked – my dad is an engineer, and my mom’s a nurse, so they made pretty good money! They had me, and then my mom decided to go back to school full-time and get a PhD. Do you have any tips for frugal travel or vacations?

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Kids and Family Parenting Cars Car 188