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Our 2023 Financial Goals

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I cried for days and we celebrated the occasion with a family cruise a few months later. In 2022, I wanted to do a major purge of our home , and that lasted until about January 15 of 2022 when I reorganized our kitchen cabinets. …enter 2023 We have not one, but two teenage high school daughters.

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5 Steps to CRUSH Debt + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

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Being self-employed, we felt we needed more than Dave’s recommended $1000 starter emergency fund that he outlines in his book, so our first step was to save a bit more for our home and office. Also, we needed to make some much-needed repairs to our home and office that really couldn’t wait until we paid off six figures.

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The BEST Black Friday Ever

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My oldest daughter and I started our morning with the Turkey Trot 5k. Once we got that settled, we cruised through the store. We were done in an hour and home by noon. When we got home, we ate a quick lunch and then took a trip to the Christmas tree farm. I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving.

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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. But that’s not all… my awesome husband TOTALLY surprised me with a CRUISE!!! If any of you have any advice for a cruise newbie, PLEASE help!! September 1st – My hubby comes home yay!!! sort-of teehee.

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FREE Lazy Saturday Reads

For the Mommas

Fans of Christina Jones’ Tickled Pink and Kate Glanville’s A Perfect Home will love Jenny Harper’s new contemporary women’s fictions series. Their family compound adjoins the palacio of the dictator’s daughter. Exotic luxury cruises to the Bahamas are supposed to be fun and exciting. The Garcías—Dr.

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Jumping Off the Train to Crazy-ville

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To find out more about the Secret 13 Essay Contest and your chance to win a weeklong Carnival Cruise for 4, click HERE. The room (and my home) is a complete mess. With all of the craziness, our home has been painfully neglected. Our home is simply the last thing that gets attention, but the first thing to get dumped on.

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Exploring Veteran’s Benefits

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Many years later, one of her daughter’s husbands helped her apply for it – just a few years before her death in her 80’s. We would have been in a home much faster and could have gotten one in a better neighborhood than where we ended up. Unbeknownst to her, she was eligible for a VA Survivor’s Pension .

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