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Book Nook: But Definitely Wear Mascara: Hacks to Help you Love Your Mom Life (and Yourself) a Little More

Motherhood Moments

I completely lost myself in being ‘Mommy’ and ‘Wife,’” Oden writes in the introduction to her new book, But Definitely Wear Mascara: Hacks to Help You Love Your Mom Life (and Yourself) a Little More. And being a mom with goals and dreams is even harder,” she notes. And being a mom with goals and dreams is even harder,” she notes.

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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

Our very good cat, Warby All three of our kids were adopted and one has an intellectual disability so we also spend a lot of time learning about trauma and adoption issues as well as supporting our kids with their different needs. How long have you been reading The Frugal Girl?I I don’t know how I heard about Katy’s blog first!

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Increase Your Income | 31 Days to Find $1000

Family Balance Sheet

We can slash our budgets to bare bones, but the quickest way to reach our savings goal is to increase our income. Find a Part-Time Job. Find a Seasonal Part-Time Retail Job. Find a Seasonal Part-Time Retail Job. This is a great time to pick up a part-time job. Can you tutor?

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Retirement Calculator: Free Estimate of How Much You Need

Savings Corner

Strategies to boost your retirement readiness Here are some ways to increase your retirement savings — whether you’re behind on your goals or are on track but maybe want to retire a little earlier. Key investing and retirement definitions 401(k): This is a plan for retirement savings that companies offer employees.

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Happy New Year!

Finally Frugal

With that said, here are my goals for 2011: Attempt to double my income (from roughly $40,000 from the day job to $80,000 including all of my part time and full time income. We'll see how things go; I'm definitely committed to following through with my goals, and though they seem rather daunting at this stage.

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Find out how Jessica & Her Husband Paid off $175,000 of Debt

Family Balance Sheet

Along our part-time business my husband is a senior web designer for Ramsey Solutions aka Dave Ramsey. We live a pretty busy lives and when given free weekends at home we love spending time at home on our little farm. If married, who initiated the debt free goal? What are your financial goals now?

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A mid-year update.

Finally Frugal

My goal is to pay my loans down to $20,000 by the end of the year (an ambitious goal, for sure) so in January I can sell my stock and pay it all off once and for all! I'll definitely update at the next milestone, whatever that is (hopefully soon at $29,000 student loan balance). My student loans are now down to $39,071 !!!!

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