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Create your debt freedom plan

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We didn’t carry over credit card balances, we paid off our car notes early, and the interest rate on the student loan was at a low 2.75%. A student loan? We sent our very last payment to my husband’s student loan in September 2019, the same month I turned 50. We thought we were doing really well. That’s a necessity.

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5 Steps to CRUSH Debt + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

Family Balance Sheet

Our journey to debt freedom started back in 2013 when we found ourselves saddled with business and student loans. However, when we paid off our very last non-mortgage debt, we planned a cruise to celebrate. The entire week on the cruise, my husband and I looked at each other in disbelief at what we accomplished.

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Friday Links – Bachelorette Weekend

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We are heading out hiking and then some yoga at a local park and then on a river boat cruise in the evening. Emily @ Evolving Personal Finance is a user and wonders about Using Upromise to Pay Down Student Loans. This weekend I am headed out to celebrate with one of my best friends at her bachelorette party. It should be a lot of fun.

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Your Diploma Guarantees You Nothing

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. If you backtrack 30 or 40 years, you’ll find that the majority of students did not complete their college degree. Or, do you know someone that is?

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Experience Based Graduation Gifts

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Here are some experienced based graduation gifts by which your student may benefit. Point them to a variety of summer job types – such as working in a national park ; on a construction crew; on a ranch; in a factory; on a cruise ship or tanker; as a political party worker; in marketing and etc. Tour de jobs.

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Freebie Friday 1/16/15 – Check out What’s Free!

For the Mommas

Free Disney Cruise Line® Vacation Planning DVD. FREE Microsoft Office 365 {For Students}. Free 6-Month Amazon Prime Membership {For Students}. Here are the week’s best freebies! Freebies: FREE 2015 International Delight Calendar. Edible Arrangements – Free Pineapple Edible Pop. FREE Unseen Episodes of How I Met Your Mother.

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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.