Earlier in the year, I shared my family’s financial goals for 2009. To keep us on track, I’m reviewing them quarterly. Here’s where things stand now that the year is half-over: 1) Make contributions to savings/debts before spending other money. This was something my husband and I decided needed to be higher on our consciousness …
Today’s guest post is from Jenny, mom of 4-year-old twins. She has created a great system to help her girls learn about chores and allowance that she shared with me after my request last month on how to approach this concept with my kids. When my twins turned four, I started a chores and allowance …
Earlier in the year, I shared my family’s financial goals for 2009. To keep us on track, I plan to review them quarterly (I find the accountability helpful). Here’s where things stand: 1) Make contributions to savings/debts before spending other money. With this goal, we wanted to be better about setting aside money to pay …
Image courtesy of Beppie K Yes, it’s well into 2009, but here they finally are: 1) Make contributions to savings/debts before spending other money. I’m sure you’ve heard of the idea “Pay yourself first.” We haven’t been doing it! Last year, between my savings strategies, couponing, CVSing, etc. we were living under our income each …
From the Poll-a-palooza (now closed–thank you for voting!), I see that many of you are interested in actual numbers. The grocery/household budget that my husband and I set at the beginning of 2008 is $600/month for two adults, a 5-year-old and twin 2-year-olds. I lump grocery and household together so I don’t have to dissect …
