The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

My mother was loving and worked so hard to provide for us, but it was frequently a struggle to get food, keep heat on, and other necessities. As an adult, I can see it was likely a mixture of not enough income, high cost of living area, mismanagement of money, and kids just being expensive for single mothers particularly.

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Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Examples below are of my and my husband’s snacks for work. It’s homecoming season, also known as the most stressful time of year for mothers across the U.S. I found one daughter’s dress at David’s Bridal and saved $10 for becoming a member, which made my daughter’s dress $50. Total $132.

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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! Brian and me at the Sears Tower Having our first child just one month after our first wedding anniversary was NOT in the plan, but so far it’s worked out well! I have two!

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Motherhood Moments

JUNE 25, 2023

Seals’ grandfather was a Kentucky sharecropper and coal miner and his grandma worked on the farm. His dad drove a coal mining truck and worked as a crane operator for GM until he retired. His mother cleaned houses for a living. He comes from a long line of hard workers and he’s proud of that.

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Motherhood Moments

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

As a mother and CEO myself, I first found an assistant to improve my own life and take my business to the next level. If you divide that by 12 months — assuming that you work 40 hours per week and take 2 weeks of vacation — that translates to $16,666.67 For most, the biggest obstacle to achieving them is insufficient time.

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 25, 2014

At 8:15 this morning, my youngest daughter climbed on the bus for her first day of first grade. Since the fall of 2005, I have primarily been a stay at home mother to our two daughters. I’ve had sleepless nights of mothering anxiety and I’ve slept soundly. It’s been a long time coming.

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Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In the hectic season of life that I am in right now of mothering 2 teenage daughters, owning a business with my husband, and running our home, my planner needs to hold it all together for me to stay on task. See for yourself which one might work best for your planning needs. The same is true today. Two pages per month view.

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 11, 2014

I am a single mom who lives in the Greensboro, NC area with my 6 year old daughter, Emme and 9 year old mutt, Belle. My daughter and I are gluten free due to celiac and changing to a healthy grain free sugar free way of cooking has become a big passion of mine over the last couple of years. How much debt did you pay off? in 14 months.The

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

I’m fifty years old, married almost 25 years, with four sons of various ages ranging from all grown up to still-working-on-it. ? Eventually, when I was married and working at a library I ordered my own copy of the Complete Tightwad Gazette–and I still have it! Here’s Karen: 1. Biggest mistake ever.

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Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 10, 2013

But I’m a self-employed wife and mother, so I worked through my misery. In 2006, our oldest daughter was 1. 2008…the year that I failed as a mother. I can’t find a single picture of our youngest daughter’s first Christmas. I just lost over a week of my life.

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Saving Everyday

JANUARY 8, 2011

Today’s Deal at Eversave : $25 for $52 worth of eco-friendly and organic mother-daughter clothing from MamaOm.com. They feature stylish apparel made of the finest organic pima cotton; and designer beachwear for mothers and daughters. – How does it work? Become a member of Eversave Share the Save.

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

I’ve been an architect, day-care teacher to toddlers, and library clerk, but am currently a SAHM to a 14yo son and 9yo daughter. After I became a mother, finances became much more complicated. It worked, but only created about 1/3 of a new stick! We share our home with a 70lb rescued mutt. Enjoying some outdoor time.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Instead, he shared the story about Susan, a wife, and mother who handled all of the financial tasks in her home, from budgeting to making investment decisions. 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. After motherhood, this role was my dream job!

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Couponing 101

MAY 1, 2019

If you’re looking for affordable, last-minute Mother’s Day gifts, I bet you’re searching on Amazon. This 5-pack of Resistance Bands ($6.99) is the perfect gift for moms who love to work out. Remind her of your bond every time she takes a sip from this It’s a Mother Daughter Thing Mug ($12.95).

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Motherhood Moments

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Whatever struggle you have had with boundaries in the past, just by committing to work through this book, you’re already well on your way to creating stronger bonds and boundaries,” she said. For example, someone may answer “I am a mother, wife, daughter, and friend” to number one, four roles in which they may value exploring boundaries.

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Motherhood Moments

JANUARY 24, 2023

Using her own story of entrepreneurial success as well as interviews with ten other diverse and highly successful leaders, Elisa Schmitz presents ten actionable lessons for putting your personal power to work, with unstoppable results. I ended up talking about ideation, passion, hard work, perseverance, resilience.

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Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 16, 2012

When I opened up this space 4 years ago, I was a mother to a 3 year old and an infant. I was nursing a babe, had two kids in diapers, and prayed I didn't smell of breast milk when my husband came home from work. Our oldest daughter entered first grade. I vaguely remember that person. Out of nowhere, September 2012 arrived.

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The Frugal Girl

DECEMBER 18, 2023

I’m a 53-year-old mother of 2 (grown) and grandmother of 4. My daughter lives in California and we talk regularly. They work, at least they did the last time I used them. If you’ve got the questions from me and you’ve been sitting on them a while, it’s totally ok to send them in. ? Here’s Ginger!

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 4, 2015

To many, working with a spouse would be too difficult, but our individual strengths and weaknesses complement each other and the arrangement has worked well. The building offered so much potential, but needed a lot of work and we set out to renovate our dream office. Unfortunately things changed rather quickly.

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For the Mommas

JULY 17, 2013

Generations, the Frost family has run the Museum of Magical and Rare Artifacts, handing down guardianship from mother to daughter, always keeping their secrets to “family only.”. Seventeen-year-old Bianca Frost wants none of it, dreaming instead of a career in art or photography or…well, anything except working in the family’s museum.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 5, 2018

Aside from a health concern with one of my daughters , 2017 was a great year, however, I was distracted by non-necessities, so my overall theme for 2018 is to use my time more wisely on the people and things that are important to me. From 7-8, I get ready for work and get my kids off to school. Marriage is a lot of work, folks!

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Saving Cents With Sense

MAY 9, 2012

Eva Mendes stars in a new movie opening May 11 called Girl in Progress , about a mom struggling to navigate adulthood as her daughter attempts to jump-start her own grownup life. This flip-flop of roles causes tension between the mother and daughter, leading to missteps, impassioned arguments, and heated uses of the pronoun she.

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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. What do you hope readers walk away with?

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For the Mommas

JUNE 15, 2012

“Longtime wife and mother Ruth Bendel loves her family but hates her life. Husband Richard doesn’t even know how the steam iron works, let alone how a woman works. Who will take care of her son Doug’s daughters when he flies off for a romantic week with his wife? How will her pampered family survive ?

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Nicoles Nickels

MAY 9, 2012

There’s a Groupon going on right now for the movie “ Girl in Progress ” starring Eva Mendes as a mom struggling to balance work, love and her teenage daughter. This flip-flop of roles causes tension between the mother and daughter, leading to missteps, impassioned arguments, and heated uses of the pronoun she.

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Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 23, 2017

In the hectic season that I am in right now of mothering 2 tween daughters, owning 2 businesses with my husband, and running our home, my planner holds it all together for me to stay on task. What do I want to accomplish this year with all aspects of my life: personal, family, spiritual, work, and of course, financial!

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For the Mommas

JULY 31, 2014

The art work defines the easy to follow text with bright colors and expressive characters. Welcome to the warm and inviting kitchen of Dawn Stoltzfus, a young Mennonite wife and mother who was raised on a dairy farm where simple, wholesome food was a key ingredient of the good life. Download: Smart Money Kids by Hannah Raybans.

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Family Balance Sheet

MAY 4, 2015

These Nail Polish Marbled Flower Pots are a super cute craft that your kids can create (with your help) to give as gifts for Mother’s Day, other holidays or teachers. My daughters’ Girl Scout troop decorated these flower pots and I just had to share because they turned out so well and my girls had fun making them.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 18, 2011

I am a wife, mother, home manager, business manager and a woman who would also like to read an occasional book or maybe take an occasional yoga class and definitely post on my blog on a more regular basis. I also got severely behind on some Quickbooks work for our business. Important tasks were slipping through my sleep deprived mind.

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Family Balance Sheet

MAY 5, 2011

Is your passion to be or become a work-at-home mom? She is a married mother of 4 young daughters, runs a successful blog network, and has now written an ebook, How to Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too , that she graciously sent to me to review. The ebook takes you into the life of a successful mompreneur.

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Coupons Do Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Two weeks ago, I got sick (being a mother, one of our super powers is the fact is when the kids get sick, we pick it up…). The only thing I Can say is, I am a single mother, I get no help and when I get sick, who is going to help me? My daughter had an infection in her baby tooth. I have been in a little depressed mood.

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Nicoles Nickels

JANUARY 30, 2014

When I’m with my daughter, people look at us and ask tentatively “Are you sisters?” ” They see an age difference but not enough to definitively think I’m her mother. Working in technology you tend to work with a lot of young (right out of college) people. It’s kind of funny really.

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For the Mommas

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Augusta Ryan, the daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, has always lived by the rules, but when she stumbles upon the discovery that she is not who she thinks she is, her entire world turns upside down. With her close friend, Clint, she works to unravel the story of a gold heist, a mysterious historical society, and foul murder.

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Couponing 101

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Whether you’re shopping for your mother, your sister, your girlfriend, your wife, your daughter, or your boss, you’re probably hoping she’ll love the present you selected for her. The woman in your life probably works hard, and all too often, that work is done in uncomfortable clothing. Comfy Clothing.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 11, 2016

As the mother of two young daughters I can totally relate to delusional thoughts about fairies as I have been waiting for the cleaning fairy to stop by for years. It is only possible if YOU make it happen, but it will take hard work and preparation. This post is sponsored by Chris Hogan and Retire Inspired.

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For the Mommas

MARCH 14, 2016

Her Guatemalan mother and wealthy English father were very much in love and gave her the best of upbringings, but their family was never accepted in either country. Lilly Arendale has fought the anger of prejudice all her life. The post Free Kindle Books 3/14: White Hart, Her Best Match And More appeared first on FTM.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 5, 2015

Our youngest daughter’s dresser practically disintegrated into pieces over the holiday break. Plastic isn’t pretty, but it will work until we find something. My mother recently borrowed some luggage from us for a plane trip. This challenge already has me thinking differently.

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