Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2015

I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. It was all consumer debt spread over 5 credit cards. Little things like coffee, lunches, fast food etc add up and can kill your budget. We’re a family of five, including, me, my wife and 3 children: 15 year old fraternal twins and a 12 year old son.

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Debt Credit Cards Debt Free Credit 100

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

You’ll need access to a commercial kitchen, a part-time staff of servers and a couple of assistant cooks to start. Food truck Food trucks are hugely popular, often offering unique, specialty foods that often wouldn’t sell as easily in brick-and-mortar restaurants. Want to start a business?

Real Estate 52

Real Estate Re-use Podcasts Work 52

The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

Our mom stayed home to raise us kids; she went to work part-time in the local school system after both my brother and I were in school. My dad was a blue-collar worker – a machine operator on the railroad who sometimes got laid off for periods of time in the winter. What’s the easiest/hardest part of being frugal?

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Green And Frugal Kids and Family Hotel Frugal 182

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

I’ve been teaching part time for over 25 years. I like to bake and read, and I spend time chauffeuring kids to activities and games. I volunteer at my kids’ school at lunch time and other events. If I could spend it without strings, I might just donate it to a food pantry. Here’s MB: 1.

Kids and Family 192

Kids and Family Money Home and Garden Frugal 192

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. Instead of spending his birthday check for $10, my husband put it in savings – every single time. I worked a part time job the weekends he wasn’t working.

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Thrifty Garage Spendthrift Fair-Trade 213