Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 25, 2013

The goal for this monthly accountability meeting is to give updates on our progress, motivate one another and help all of us save for a cash Christmas. One of our budget problems is eating out at restaurants, so we cut back our restaurant budget to $100 from an average of $250 a month in 2012. How Are You Doing? Stay Strong!

March 100

March Club Christmas Goals 100

Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 4, 2014

We also were working on paying for Jon’s master’s degree and then my own masters degree, which I completed in December 2013. This motivated Jon to not ever feel like he had to keep working at a job that he was clearly overwhelmed by just because he couldn’t afford to do anything else. I probably said to much as it is!

Debt Free 243

Debt Free Debt Goals Student 243

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

Those are all great ideas, but one company is taking it a step further to help motivate us. MoneySmartGuides : The Real Cost of Eating Out – I was looking over my budget for the previous month and something stood out. After checking and rechecking and I discover the real cost of eating out!

Credit Cards 220

Credit Cards Credit Finance Personal Finance 220

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

We dramatically reduced our spending by cutting our cable TV and landline , shopping thrifty, eating out less often , and lowering our grocery bill. Projected pay off date December 2018. However, we have one non-mortgage loan left, the behemoth student loan that I was hoping to pay off in 2016. We bought our home in 2001.

Debt 100

Debt 2017 Student 2016 100