I don’t know about any of you, but I can always count on our family to be sick at certain times of the year. Thanksgiving for instance. At some point over the Thanksgiving vacation, someone gets sick. All out, throwing up sick. For the last four years it has been Monkey, but this year it was Lady Bug. And it…
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Here’s what I take into consideration when I make our monthly meal plan. We’re a family of 5. Hubs and I eat smaller adult portions, Bookworm {10} eats a smaller portion than Hubs and I. Then there’s Master {6} and Lady Bug {3}. When you combine their portions, it’s about a portion size for Hubs or I. When I make our…
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As we started into our journey of debt freedom, I was couponing to help cut our grocery & household costs. I was quite skeptical about getting a Sam’s Club membership at first. While it is the only warehouse store we have available in our area, I wasn’t sure pahing $45 a year for access to bulk items would help keep our…
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>>>Check out the updated version of our December 2015 budget here!<<< This is our budget estimate for December. We’re not putting our usual towards debt this month for two reasons. First is that the end of November and all this month are filled with holidays. I’d rather have a buffer in the off chance we need the money for school…
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Google tells me that the average credit card debt is nearly $15,200, and an average student loan debt of $116,000 {at a cost of $29,000 per year over four years}. That’s a lot of debt for one person! Sadly, I am no exception. There was a time I was putting fuel and school related purchases on my credit card left…
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