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The Balance of Blessing and Budgeting
Dave Ramsey’s motto is, “Live like no one else, so later you can live like no one else.” Essentially: live within your means (unlike most Americans) so you can become wealthy, meet all your family’s...
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Total Money Makeover Update: January 2011
Photo Credit: brokenarts Thanks to Dexter getting three paychecks this month instead of two, we were able to recover from last month’s spending spree, refill our emergency fund, and make a big extra...
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Spring Break on a Budget
For a few short days in December, Dexter and I entertained the idea of visiting New York City over Spring Break. It’s on both of our 30 Before 30 lists (although I’ve been there before), and we were...
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Total Money Makeover Update: April 2011
Photo Credit: Billy Alexander It’s been a busy month! Our evenings and weekends have been packed with events, friends, and responsibilities. I’m at the point where when a friend cancels, I’m thrilled....
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Top Ten Reasons I Can’t Wait for Summer Break
I know, I know. Poor me, having a 10 week break during the season of sun, farmer’s markets, and barbecue. You’ve got to cut me some slack, though, because I do spend 7 hours a day trapped in a...
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Total Money Makeover Update: June 2011
Goals are a blessing and a curse. They say that statistically there is correlation between writing down goals and achieving success. I don’t know who they are or what sort of study they did, but there...
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Total Money Makeover Update: July 2011 – Shaking Up My Easy Budgeting System
Since we’ve become an all-Mac family, I’ve had to change the way I track our budget. I was so frustrated since I had spent years perfecting my system. The upkeep was quick and painless each month, and...
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Total Money Makeover Update: August 2011
Since I’m switching to budgeting a calendar month at a time (rather than starting at the 15th of each month), I knew I would have to do a teeny-tiny, half the payments update sooner or later. So here...
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Total Money Makeover Update: June 2012
Life has been a tad chaotic since I last posted about our Total Money Makeover progress. After our fire, we lived in a Comfort Inn for 6 weeks. We ate out every night–which is not in our normal...
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Thankfulness and the November 2012 Total Money Makeover Update
Many people have been posting something they’re thankful for each day of November on Facebook. I’ve decided to do the same on a weekly basis, but here in the (relative) quietness of my blog. Here are...
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