If you are looking for free things to do with kids who are off school, then this post will definitely help! Here are thirteen ideas for having fun as a family that don’t involve money or going somewhere inside. As you can tell from the pictures, we have done ALL of these ourselves at one …
In this honest Credit Sesame review I’ll explain how to sign up for this free credit monitoring service, why it is safe, and how Credit Sesame can help you achieve your financial goals. One of my goals for this year is to pay down some lingering credit card debt. Since the average US household has …
My family’s financial security is one of the highest priorities in my life, and I’m guessing it is just as important to you. When I was a stay-at-home mom, I was without life insurance (or under-insured) for many years and didn’t realize how this was putting my family’s financial security at risk. It is SO important …
I’m checking in with my October update on my 2018 Debt Challenge – you can read all about the challenge in this post! I am trying to celebrate the fact that I made SOME progress paying down debt, even though it wasn’t as much as I had planned. The big impact on my budget this …
I shared with you last month that I’ve had some credit card debt hanging around from an over-budget house remodel and dental implant that I can’t seem to make much headway with. I am happy to report that I ACTUALLY made some headway last month and paid down my debt balance by $670 in August. …
One of my goals for this year was to pay down some lingering credit card debt incurred by a house remodel and dental work. Well, I have been failing at this goal (for some legitimate reasons, I admit) but now I am ready to buckle down and get serious about paying down this debt! I …
Guest Post by Jacob from Dollar Diligence Becoming debt free is not easy by any means and if someone tells you it is, he or she likely did not have a lot of debt to eliminate. When I first looked at my student loan balance statement, I was scared. I mean, truly scared for myself. …
I recently sat down and recorded my goals for this year in the front of my planner. It was pretty easy since I had been working on them in my mind for a while! Studies show that I’m more likely to achieve my goals if I write them down, so I did. 🙂 Here they …
“The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry…” – Robert Burns, To A Mouse, 1785 (adapted) This summer we took on a remodel of the entire front half of our house. We had been planning it for years and started assembling materials six months in advance. We thought we had a nice, cushioned …