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I've only been a mom for eleven years, but I remember wishing that all those "baby how-to" books told you how to prepare financially for having a baby. No joke, less than 24 hours after my oldest Continue reading...
If you've turned on the news lately, you've likely been hit with the recent bank fails, recession concerns, soaring inflation, and rising interest rates. It's enough to convince you that the Continue reading...
I've written extensively on how to lower your grocery budget (even in times of high inflation), but this post will be a bit different. This is all about ways to lower your grocery budget long term - Continue reading...
It's been almost eight years since we became consumer debt-free and four years since we paid off our house, making us 100% debt-free. And even though we now get to enjoy many things we didn't get to Continue reading...
Since I shared last week about possible financial goals you could set in 2023, I thought I'd now share our family's financial goals for the year! Now, please note, these are my family's financial Continue reading...
Happy New Year! We've survived the first week of the brand-new year! 😂 Or if you're like my household, you've barely survived, but hey, it is what it is! And since the New Year is the time of making Continue reading...
2022 was one heck of a year! Can anyone else relate? I know for us our budget was hit more times than once. Every year at the end of the year I do a spending and budget review. This helps me to Continue reading...
I know it stinks. It's really no fun not achieving a goal in the timeframe you thought you would. Pat and I won't achieve our goal of maxing out both of our Roth IRA contributions for the year before Continue reading...
I know Christmas isn't even here yet, and I'm already giving you a to-do list before January 1st...Don't worry, you don't have to do all of this right now! Just make a note to do this sometime in the Continue reading...
I love Advent and Christmas, but my goodness, ever since I became a parent, it seems like the month of December flies by, and I'm not really sure where the time or my money exactly went. It's like, on Continue reading...
