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Chores, Allowance, and “Above and Beyond” Tasks
I’m often asked about our allowance and chore policies for our children. Recently, some snow on our driveway made us carefully think about these policies and decide exactly how we wanted to handle them.
About two weeks ago, we had a snowstorm that covered our driveway with about two inches of snow. While it wasn’t really enough to require us to get out the snowblower, it did need to be cleared off so that our… Continue reading
Review: The Money Saving Mom’s Budget
Every Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal finance or other book of interest. Also available is a complete list of the hundreds of book reviews that have appeared on The Simple Dollar over the years.
I’ve had the blog Money Saving Mom bookmarked for years. In fact, it’s been a permanent mainstay on the list of 25 blogs I recommend that appears on every page of The Simple Dollar. The blog has a nice… Continue reading
Calculate How Much You Really Make (4/365)
One of the most painful realizations I had when I started getting my financial life in order was that my job didn’t really earn me as much money as it seemed.
My salary at the time of this realization was about $40,000 a year, so let’s use that as a baseline.
Now, on the surface, that’s really good money. If I worked 40 hours a week for 50 weeks a year, I would be earning… Continue reading
11 Practical Tips For Family Budgeting
Here are ELEVEN more practical suggestions and tips from online users posted on the internet on family budgeting: 1. Keep a record book as well as your bankbook It takes time and requires a lot of…
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14 More Practical Family Budgeting Tips
Moreover, on ‘living within a family budget’, here are more listed FOURTEEN more great practical suggestions on family budgeting:
1. Stay busy after work
One “easy” way to avoid overspending and thus stay within your budget is to have something else to do after work. Get a second job that is fun, go to school, volunteer or get into great physical shape. The more you do, the less you will spend!
2. Watch those miscellaneous… Continue reading
Saving Pennies or Dollars? Reliable Items
Saving Pennies or Dollars is a new semi-regular series on The Simple Dollar, inspired by a great discussion on The Simple Dollar’s Facebook page concerning frugal tactics that might not really save that much money. I’m going to take some of the scenarios described by the readers there and try to break down the numbers to see if the savings is really worth the time invested.
Marie writes in: My grandfather was not a wealthy… Continue reading
Saving Pennies or Dollars? Light Bulbs
Saving Pennies or Dollars is a new semi-regular series on The Simple Dollar, inspired by a great discussion on The Simple Dollar’s Facebook page concerning frugal tactics that might not really save that much money. I’m going to take some of the scenarios described by the readers there and try to break down the numbers to see if the savings is really worth the time invested.
Greg writes in: I was thinking of changing my… Continue reading