I’m sure it goes without saying that March was a crazy month. Since March 16th our whole family– all eight of us– have been home all day every day. Mike is working from home. The kids are schooling from home. Pretty much everything on our calendar for the next three months has been erased. Fortunately […]
How We Saved $7,000 in 4 Hours: A No-Cost Mortgage Re-Fi That Makes Sense
Sometimes we focus on saving in small ways and forget to question the really big expenses. With refinance rates at crazy low numbers, this might be the time for you to reduce one of your biggest expenses–your mortgage payment. At the end of last year we refinanced our mortgage from a rate of 3.625% to […]
How We’re Living Off Our Food Storage– No More Grocery Shopping For Us
It’s official. No more shopping for us! Well, at least until life is back to normal. Maybe that’s just a month or maybe it’s through the summer. I’ll explain why we’re doing this, then show you what our food situation is at the outset of this crazy challenge. I’ll update you with new posts and […]
Big Changes to Our Financial Goals (post COVID-19)
I’m sure your life is looking a little different than it did a month ago (I know ours certainly is), but I hope you are well and adjusting to this new (albeit temporary) normal. I haven’t heard from any you whose health has been directly affected by COVID-19, but I have heard from many of […]
Making the Most of Quarantine 😷
Has the coronavirus cleared your calendar too? I can’t think of the last time our calendar looked so empty! Thankfully we are all well, but like many of you, we are currently sheltering in place. While there’s lots of disappointment about what is being missed, we’re actually enjoying having time to do things we otherwise […]
Debt Smash-athon FEBRUARY 2020 Progress Report
Well, life in March may be crazy, but you guys did an awesome job smashing debt in February! We smashed nearly $100K of debt between us! Let’s go back to February for a minute and celebrate you amazing financial accomplishments and talk about your big wins and how you did it! It’s so motivating to […]
Monthly Grocery Shopping– March 2020
The world has turned upside down in the time since I made this grocery shopping trip and when I’m posting it. When I made this shopping trip I had no idea that a week and a half later store shelves would be cleared of food and basic household products because of the coronavirus. Needless to […]
Real Family Budget Update– February 2020
Every month we make our personal finances public by sharing everything we earn, spend, save, and pay toward debt. We’ve been sharing our finances since September of 2013 (when we were in six figures of student loan debt) and haven’t missed a month! Our hope is that getting an inside look at one family’s way […]
Debt Smash-athon JANUARY 2020 Progress Report
When I asked if you wanted to continue the Debt Smashathon in 2020, I got a resounding YES, so we’ll keep it going this year as well! This is our first debt smashing report of 2020. If you don’t already get the link to report your progress at the end of each month, sign up […]
Monthly Grocery Shopping– February 2020
If you’re curious what a typical grocery haul looks like for a frugal family of 8, then keep reading. Today I’m sharing what we bought in our monthly grocery shopping trip in February. We went to Winco and Sam’s Club and spent right around $300. That leaves about $150 for other grocery/food purchases for the […]
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