Join us on our journey to lead a debt-free, credit-free, clutter-free life.
From the monthly archives:
Turns out there’s a reason they say not to stick anything in your ear, other than your elbow. Olivia was being her helpful Olivia self and thought her little brother’s ears looked like they needed a good cleaning, but nothing a little q-tip couldn’t cure. Screaming and wailing and gnashing of teeth ensued. It took [...]
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I’d been carrying this coupon around in my wallet for awhile and putting off getting a haircut — pretty much the story of all my natural adult life.
Always having to look for a new hairdresser is, by far, one of the hugest drawbacks to moving around so much.
I’ve gone back and forth over the years [...]
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$$ GOOD READS $$
Get Rich Slowly: How to Stop Buying Clothes You Never Wear
The Slow Food Experiment: First Trip to the Grocery Store (new blog about a family’s attempt to eat by scratch using only single-item ingredients)
Get Rich Slowly (guest post): Minimalist Money: 6 Steps to Simplify Your Financial Life
Get Rich Slowly: Born in [...]
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October’s Progress
Debt #1 Original Balance: $2260.17
Paid Off
Debt #2 Original Balance: $6493.00
Paid Off
Debt #3 Previous Balance: $8,802.00
paid $1000.00
Current Balance: $6,607.12
Original non-mortgage Debt: $19,375.72Current Grand Total: $6,607.12***
We paid $2,128.10 in debt last month! Woo-hoo! We met and even exceeded our goal of $2000!
One snowflake that helped us achieve this goal was an escrow overage check we received [...]
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I really wish I could say I just wanted to get rid of cable. I really, really wish I could say, “Let’s get rid of our TV all together. It would be better for the kids. It would be better for us. It’s a time sucker and it‘s all just a bunch of junk anyway.” [...]
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When people ask me if I like to cook, my usual reply is, “I cook because my family needs to eat.”
That being said, if I put a recipe on this blog, you can rest assured:
It was easy.
It was cheap (in keeping with the theme of Budgets).
It was devoured. Maybe not by all five of us [...]
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Traipsing through a desolate pumpkin patch because we waited until too late in the season to go the beautiful Ohio countryside with friends…
…free!
Succumbing to apple fritters at the store where we finally bought our pumpkins…
…$7.50
Begging off dinner out with said friends…
… no charge. (We said we were trying to save money, but to be honest, [...]
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