Utilizing a calendar is a crucial step to help you budget and reach your financial goals. It is actually the first step in my budgeting process. I can’t make a realistic budget for our income unless I know what expenses we have upcoming for that month. Here are the steps I take to create our budget calendar. Before I started…
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I just want to start by saying that this garlic chicken rotini recipe was born out of necessity. For those of you reading this in the future, it’s currently April 2020 and we’re under social distancing mandates. Since we are being socially distant, Hubs has been doing all the grocery shopping. That’s right. For 5 long weeks as of writing…
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Reviewing our budget is a crucial step to making sure we are on track with our financial goals. Whether you are paid weekly, biweekly, or monthly, if you want to make sure you are achieving your financial goals, reviewing your budget each paycheck is a must. Here are the four simple steps I use to complete our budget review Before…
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There are few things that taste as good to me as homemade jams. It’s as close as I can get to keeping fresh fruit in my pantry until their next season. I’m not picky about what kind of jam either… strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, triple berry {a combination of the previous three}, peach-raspberry, apple… the list can go on and on!…
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Whether you want to start using cash envelopes, or someone has suggested using a cash budget is the best way they’ve been able to stick to their budget, you’ve got some questions. I’m going to walk you through some of the most common tips, tricks, and questions regarding using cash envelopes. And because I always find it helpful to see…
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