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Introducing: Family Budget Spreadsheets

Family Balance Sheet

I’ve been working behind the scenes on a tool that I personally use to track and organize our finances: Family Budget Spreadsheets. One summer, we didn’t have enough money to cover a vacation and some day trips, so we hosted a yard sale to find the extra cash.

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How this Couple Eliminated $180,000 of Debt in 12 Months!

Family Balance Sheet

Baby furniture, BBQ pits, tools, guns… EVERYTHING. No new clothes, no vacation, no extra anything. To not count on debt being a tool we can use. Getting out of debt can be easy depending on your financial situation, its STAYING DEBT FREE that can be challenging. What are your financial goals now?

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How Angela & Jeff paid off $58,000 of Debt in 2 Years

Family Balance Sheet

I’m a Grade 7 teacher and my husband is a Mac Tools distributor. We later did the big celebration during our summer vacation by heading down to Nashville to do our Debt Free Scream live on Dave Ramsey’s radio show. What are your financial goals now? How did you celebrate when you became debt free?

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

Family Balance Sheet

One of my favorite things we still do together is sit down and discuss cash paid vacations or splurges we want to do as a family! What are your financial goals now? It will give you the tools and confidence you need to slowly start killing the debt! Those are my favorite:). It enabled us to save almost $500 a month!!

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The Skilled Investor , Editor Budgeting and Economics Little House presents The Five Tool Budgeter posted at Little House in the Valley , saying, “In baseball, a five-tool player is one who excels in some of the game’s major skills: fielding, base running, hitting for power, hitting for contact, and throwing ability.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

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. It’s a tool, and it provides security and options. We were somewhere on vacation with the kids when they were young, and Alan and I had promised them ice cream.

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

Family Balance Sheet

Personally, budgeting has allowed us to control of our money, reach financial goals, and start planning for our dream life. If they are, you can consider putting the extra funds into an emergency fund, pay off a credit card, or save for another financial goal. Another way to think of a budget is a spending plan.

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