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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

We consider her our “bonus kid” and our family is extremely close. Aside from those exceptions, we did all the work ourselves and with the help of family. A lot of blood, sweat, and tears were shed here, but we both agree that having no mortgage gave us a serious leg up on our retirement savings and other financial goals.

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Meet Carrie. She Paid Off $14,000 in Debt in 14 Months.

Family Balance Sheet

Tell us about you and your family. I took on extra work outside of my full-time accounting job. I did the regular budget audit and cut things out like entertainment, fast food, and going out with friends. He leaves most of the financial goals up to me, but we make the decisions together. Where are you from?

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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

Family Balance Sheet

He writes at Debt Discipline about about how his family of 5 deals with money, budgets and debt. Tell us about you and your family. We’re a family of five, including, me, my wife and 3 children: 15 year old fraternal twins and a 12 year old son. I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail.

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