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How We’re Using Upromise to Save for College

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Right before the pandemic started, I opened 529 College Savings Accounts for our daughters. My oldest was in eighth grade and one of my goals for 2020 was to start saving consistently for both daughters’ college education. bonus for signing up and a $25 bonus for linking a 529 account. Hello, 2020.

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How We Frugal-ed in June 2023

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Instead, I look for creative ways to save my family money in all aspects of our lives. When my husband hung a smart TV in the sunroom back in April, we started spending more time in the room–even our teenage daughters started hanging out with us. 2 – We opened up high-interest savings accounts and earned $250 in interest.

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Medi-Share Update: One Year Later

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After that first update we thought our daughter was in the clear and our medical drama was behind us. However, that all changed the end of November when my daughter called me from school that she had a reoccurrence. As you can see we saved significantly in 2017 with Medi-Share on our monthly payment.

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An Update on Medi-Share – September 2017

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He examined our daughter and immediately set up a procedure under anesthesia for Friday morning. He had his scheduling assistant call Medi-Share to confirm to save us the time. He also pushed for my daughter to be seen immediately at the new office and got her in the next morning on Wednesday. DO NOT STOP!” Kudos to them!

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

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Our daughter is 24 and was adopted from Eastern Europe when she was one week short of a year old. He married the love of his life almost two years ago, so now we have a daughter-in-law, too. How did you get interested in saving money? I learned to save money by watching my parents. (I Our son is 29 and biological.

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A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Wish

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We had our daughters later in life and at a crucial time in our lives, I stopped our retirement contribution. At my age, my parents had 20 years of kid-free living ahead of them to focus on their own career goals and to save for their retirement. I wasn’t sure how I was going to pay for everything that month.

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My Binder System for Organizing Some Important Areas of My Office and My Life

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I keep separate binders for our Business Expenses & Statements , Business Taxes , Health Savings Account , Retirement , my passwords (with alphabet tabs), and Workouts. I had to chuckle when I saw my training calendar from 2004, the year before our first daughter was born. I totally blew off my workout that day.

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