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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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Every night my first prayer is that this virus starts to mitigate, the curve flattens to a manageable level for our health care system, and lives are saved. We paid off our last non-mortgage debt in September and have since sent that loan’s monthly payment to our mortgage principal. Stop sending an extra payment to our mortgage.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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I won’t rehash our health insurance story here, because I have written extensively about it and INCLUDED OUR NUMBERS. We blew through our health savings account, and now need to save another $10k so we’re not caught off guard if another emergency were to happen. Read our Health Insurance Story: . Plan our Spending.

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

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I started the Debt Free Stories interview series back in September and it has been really well received. We will be challenging ourselves to resist buying retail and instead choose thrift by borrowing, buying second hand, or making do with what we already have. 5 Ways to Make this Your Best Monarch Season…Ever!

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