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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

The season of family, faith, food, and…shopping… collective sigh… The spending part of Christmas can get crazy, so I’ve come up with a list of ideas to find some extra cash for your Christmas spending if you’re coming up short. Our goal is to NOT put our Christmas purchases on a credit card.

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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

Oden walked away from a lucrative career as a lawyer to be a stay-at-home mom before eventually returning to the legal field part time to strike the balance she needed. And being a mom with goals and dreams is even harder,” she notes. And being a mom with goals and dreams is even harder. Being a mom is hard.

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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

My husband and I live in the Willamette Valley in Oregon with our three kids, ages 4-6. My cute kids when they were little I used to be a Spanish teacher until I stopped working to stay home with my kids. We spend most of our time seeing friends and family, participating in our church activities or working on our property.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

The season of family, faith, food and…shopping… collective sigh… The spending part of Christmas can get crazy, so I’ve come up with a list of last minute ideas to find some extra cash for your Christmas spending. Our goal is to NOT put our Christmas purchases on a credit card. Part-Time Job.

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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

My husband and I have four kids ranging from age 3-8, and I am a stay-at-home mom. Last year, to make a little extra cash, I started boarding dogs through Rover, and I am about to start a very very part time job using my RN license for a home care company. What’s the “why” behind your money-saving efforts?

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What’s Next for ME?

Family Balance Sheet

My husband and I agreed early in our marriage that our goal was for me to stay at home with our children. Early on we didn’t know how many kids we were going to have, we just knew we wanted them to have one of us at home with them in their younger years. Does back-to-school mean big changes for your family too?

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Working on My Time Management

Family Balance Sheet

For 6 years, my kids have dictated my schedule and now I am juggling working part time outside of the home, shuttling my kids to soccer practice, managing our home, spending quality time with my family, training for my first half-marathon in October, and finding time to work in my blog and other projects.

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