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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. My husband and I will be 68 & 60, respectively, when our youngest daughter graduates from college, leaving us with little time free from child-rearing costs to save for retirement.

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2012 Financial Goals

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On Christmas day, my husband and I spent 4 hours together traveling in a car to visit his family. Start a Car Replacement Savings Account. Start College Savings Accounts for our Girls. Our oldest daughter is in Kindergarten and we have not started to save for her higher education.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

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. The photos included with this post are mainly from our travel adventures. Now I wish those dollars had gone into our savings accounts.

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Disney Trip Cost, Breakdown & How I Paid For It

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This is the first year I started a Disney/vacation savings account of $25 a week. My daughter will need her car while working at Disney, so we’ll be driving two cars on the way down. Food/Drink While Traveling – Less than $20.00. It saves us a ton of money both while we travel and at Disney. Gas = $350.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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We learned to travel with. friends or family to save on housing costs, and we put a little bit from. each check into a savings account. had a small amount already saved for a tiny vacation. daughter’s tenth birthday. family, and traveled with my in-laws who were gracious enough to help with.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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2 – Save $10k in a savings account, specifically earmarked for medical expenses. We hit our Annual Household Portion (kind of like a deductible) of $10,000 with Medi-Share in 2017 when our daughter had an unexpected medical condition arise that required multiple tests, 3 surgeries, and medication.