Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 17, 2018

Did you make 2018 financial goals ? My husband and I discussed some ideas over our holiday break and we decided on 2 solid must-achieve financial goals for the year. If we complete them early, we’ll move on to 2 additional goals that are on our radar. What are your financial goals for 2018 and beyond?

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Financial Goals Goals 2018 Debt 113

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

I’m always looking for ways to save my family money to not only help us get through current higher food and gas prices but also to help us achieve our big financial goals. Much to the dismay of my kids, I’ve declared Thursday nights during the school year as Clean the Fridge Out Night. My Frugal Shenanigans!

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August Frugal Green And Frugal Financial Goals 130

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 24, 2013

In Silver Spoon Kids - How Successful Parents Raise Responsible Children by Eileen Gallo, P.H.D. what kind of emotional issues you have with money and what kind of financial education you received. what kind of emotional issues you have with money and what kind of financial education you received. Find your risk tolerance.

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Financial Goals Goals Money Real Estate 222

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Our 2019 Financial Goal. Happy New Year’s 2019: In January 2019, we were down to one final non-mortgage loan, so we created just one financial goal for the year—-to pay off that last non-mortgage debt by December. We can now move on to other financial goals. 1st Update in June 2014. 2018 Update.

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Debt 2019 Financial Goals Emergency Fund 100

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 17, 2018

Our kids spent their first week of summer vacation at the beach with their Girl Scouts troop. The restaurant isn’t exactly kid-friendly and we were waiting for the right time to use. It was a week spent together without having to worry about getting our kids from one activity to the other. Date night!

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Home and Garden Financial Goals Friends And Family Sale Gardening 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund. Now it’s time to FIND THE MONEY! 30 Ways to Find Money for your Emergency Fund. Look for money within your budget and find creative ways to earn extra money. 9 – Find free entertainment.

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Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 100

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 2, 2022

” Kids (and parents) get excited about summer trips and activities, so I like to post a family calendar on the refrigerator with all of our summer plans and activities. Once you have a total, you know the amount you need to start saving for and it’s not too late to find the funds. Plan your summer fun!

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Budgeting Budget Friends And Family Sale Home and Garden 130

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 6, 2012

Whether you are in a marriage that is struggling over money issues or not, I hope you find them helpful. Make Clear Financial Goals {Together}. Take some time to discuss your family and marriage's financial goals. Write down your goals and make them visible. If possible, make it a kid-free meeting.

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Money Financial Goals Goals Kids and Family 225

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Our main financial goal in 2015 is to pay down our non-mortgage debt. Where can we find extra money? I have scrutinized our budget tirelessly and I really feel like there’s nothing more to cut, so my focus is turning to finding money to put towards debt. Financial Freedom' We cleaned out the foyer closet.

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Debt January Money Financial Goals 100

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 16, 2015

I will say I am excited to take our kids places now. What are your financial goals now? I don’t really miss anything we gave up. I have never felt deprived. When we were paying off debt we chose not to spend money traveling, but honestly our children were also too little to travel. To pay off our home early.

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AUGUST 5, 2015

At first, I was annoyed that my Sunday evenings would be taken up by a financial class but I began to really look forward to that time with my husband working on one of our goals that we set out at achieve! At first we did it anyway we could find! One of the first things we did is buy a swing set for our kids with cash!

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Family Balance Sheet

JULY 22, 2015

We went to Disneyland as that is a place that both of us are fond of and we did not have any kids at the time. What are your financial goals now? We plan to be financially free by 40. We get together once per month, but recently we decided to meet once per week to check in on how our budget is going.

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Family Balance Sheet

JULY 13, 2016

Farrah also has a kids t-shirt line that she runs out of the house called Lovely Littles Shop. Once we got crap in order, we just kept finding ways to make more money. Find stuff on the side of the road and sell it on craigslist or Facebook. What are your financial goals now? We love church and missions work.

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Debt Debt Free Finds Home 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

It was a hard transition for me to go from being a major financial contributor in our marriage to staying at home with a baby and not bringing in a paycheck. If you get a chance, find this book at your library and read it, especially chapter 17. Create our family’s financial goals and Debt Freedom Plan.

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Office Family Finance Kids and Family 130

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 2, 2015

Louis neighborhood is within walking distance to the zoo and a couple of parks, so I enjoy walking with the kids each day to let them run off some energy and I get a little workout in too. Instead of buying gifts, for example, we may take our kids out for dinner, to a movie, or on a trip.We What are your financial goals now?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 10, 2012

If you’ve ever wanted to find a way to make either activity enjoyable, I’ll share my secrets. If you Google how to make a budget, you’ll find the same boilerplate list of steps on thousands of sites. Do you want to help your kids with college? Once your financial goals and costs are set, now you add in your income and expenses.

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Budgeting Budget Toll House Cooking 213

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 11, 2013

I have long days working all day and then going to class at night; Not to mention I have to find time to study and get homework done. Are you struggling to find motivation with your financial goals? Using Kids Crafts to Teach the Gift of Giving. My week, just like last week has been a blur.

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Fridays Debt Gas Mileage Financial Goals 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 28, 2013

Our weekends are filled with leisure and required activities – from cleaning house, mowing lawns, running kids to ball games and more. If you can take a few minutes out once in a while on the weekend to perform just four financial activities, your financial world could change. Are your goals meshed with theirs?

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Activism Goals Kids and Family Finance 229

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 13, 2017

It’s a tight budget and I failed miserably recently, but we have lots of financial goals, so I need to get it back in line. Tuesday: My kids participated in our community’s Halloween parade and they both had homework. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. I served with a big salad.

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Also See: Clever Ways to Save Money Tips on How to Save Money From Your Salary Without Drastically Changing Your Lifestyle The trick I’ve found that works is to find ways to balance things out. Yet, your kids simply can’t stand the store brands. My family chooses to eat out once per week, for example.

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Saving Money Money Saving Bills 52

Penny Pinchin' Mom

MARCH 11, 2024

Whether you are looking to save extra money for your emergency fund and potential unexpected expense, a new kitchen, or your kids’ college tuition—you name it—you will require self-discipline and a plan to reach any financial goal. So, I started with that amount and then went about finding other ways to save money fast.

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Saving Money Money Saving Credit Cards 52

Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 21, 2020

Debts still need to be paid, cars will need new parts, homes will need to be repaired, and kids will need braces. My Excel spreadsheet listed our short-term and long-term account balances, our debts, and our short-term and long-term financial goals. Having everything on one page made our money discussions much easier.

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Family Debt Finance Kids and Family 241

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

It’s a tight budget and I failed miserably over the summer, but we have lots of financial goals, so I need to get it back in line. for dessert, and the rest were packed in my kids’ lunches. One of my kids was not feeling well, so we stuck around our home and hubby and I got a lot of housework done. We ate leftovers.

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Budgeting Budget 2017 Home and Garden 100

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 5, 2018

Time is a commodity that you don’t get back, and I need to make the most of it while my kids are still young and at home. These are just my personal goals. I’ll update you on my family’s financial goals for 2018 in another post. From 7-8, I get ready for work and get my kids off to school.

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Goals 2018 Motivation Kids and Family 100

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 12, 2018

so that we have more money to put towards our financial goals. I find the routine keeps me in check. It’s also a good time to assess our clothing and make a list of what we need, especially for my kids who will NOT stop growing up! Frugal Friday: A recap of how we frugal-ed our way through the week.

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Frugal Freezers Friends And Family Sale Financial Goals 100

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Amanda currently homeschools their three kids. Daniel can work anywhere there is an internet connection and the kids can homeschool anywhere, but we didn’t have the money to buy the plane tickets or book AirBnB apartments. So we needed to find a balance between taking care of the kids and the house.

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Debt Debt Free Finance Friends And Family Sale 245

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

He now works as an architect, and I do some freelance from home now that we have kids. Luckily, even without misguided financial beliefs, we did pay off a significant portion of our debt before having kids. After we had kids, though, I stayed home, so we continued making the minimum payment for years.

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Debt Free Debt Financial Goals Budgeting 100

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

It’s Frugal Friday: A recap of how we frugal-ed our way through the week so that we have more money to put towards our financial goals. My 11 year old outgrew her winter coat this year and I really like Lands’ End’s kids’ winter coats. I think they are well made and my kids find them to be very warm.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 31, 2014

But how can you learn to use those negative experiences, and teach your children to do so as well to benefit your financial health? Set new financial goals for yourself. Don’t rush to bail out your kids, or do things for them. Let them try and fail while they are young and the financial ramifications are smaller.

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Debt College Student Money 167

Saving Cents With Sense

MARCH 21, 2011

His Financial Peace University teaches people how to make the right decisions regarding money and empowers them to achieve their financial goals. And for kids, he has a Kids Monster Pack , which helps to teach kids important lessons about money. This Post was written by me and was not edited by the sponsor.

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Giveaway Package Financial Goals Debt 94

Penny Pinchin' Mom

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Despite having a strict family budget , some members of my beautiful family still try to find sneaky ways to spend more than is allocated to them at any given time. But once you get into thegroove, you will find yourself buying up houses faster than you could have ever imagined.

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Finance Tips Finance Emergency Fund Life Insurance 52

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 1, 2011

This will help you track your financial goals. One of my goals this year is to run a half-marathon. This is one goal that I am having the most success with so far. It was a clear, specific goal. It was also a reasonable goal for me. Keep your plan/goal visible. Find an accountability partner.

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July Goals Financial Goals Kids and Family 124

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 9, 2021

At that time, our kids were 8 & 6, and now they’re both teenagers and wrapping up ninth & seventh grades. So often, we don’t dream about our financial goals, because we are so entrenched in our challenges. Kids need braces, cars need parts, and medical emergencies will happen. Prioritize. Be flexible.

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Debt Emergency Fund 2019 Debt Free 130

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

We made one big financial goal for 2019 and are striving and working hard to make progress. We started the year with a great January and made some progress with our goal, so to continue the momentum, I wanted to double down on our financial goal and be very mindful with our finances. 5 – Find Extra Cash.

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APRIL 3, 2014

I’m trying to find that balance of staying within a set budget while still eating well. My husband and kids won’t tolerate a bare kitchen and bad, boring food–they would seriously revolt. But we have some serious financial goals to hit and the grocery budget is an easy target when it comes to cutting the budget.

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Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

You can find Angela at her You Tube channel, Our Life…on a Budget , where she vlogs about getting out of debt and staying there! Jeff plays hockey and badminton and we take turns running the kids to their figure skating lessons. The last thing we did was to find other ways to create an income (the side hustle).

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Debt Debt Free Budgeting Budget 100

The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

I’m in my 60’s, I’ve been married to the love of my life for 44 years and we have two adult “kids.” We consider her our “bonus kid” and our family is extremely close. I still remember saving my change as a kid so I could “shop” for books at yard sales.) Our son is 29 and biological. That’s not right.

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Green And Frugal Kids and Family Hotel Frugal 180