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Keep Your Spending Tidy With an Envelope System

by Tsh

Photo by Fransesca Pageo We use cash for most of our day-to-day purchases.  A lot of this has to do with where we’re currently living – not as much is online, and not many mom-n-pop stores here take plastic – but even stateside, we rely a lot more on cash than on plastic.  I’m not [...]

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Family Finances: Our Modus Operandi

by Tsh

Here’s how we handle the family finances in our home. Photo by Teng Tan Our Basic Structure • We keep track of all our spending with a monthly zero-based budget. I’ll explain the basics of this type of budget tomorrow, so be looking for it! • Together, my husband and I decided that I would [...]

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A Preschooler’s Allowance

by Tsh

As I mentioned yesterday, we’ve started giving our three-year-old daughter an allowance in exchange for simple household chores. Photo by Michele Catalano I know that $2.45 weekly isn’t going to buy much more than M&Ms or a bouncy ball. But that’s not the point. The point is, we want our kids to start learning how [...]

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Free Giveaway: The Total Money Makeover!

by Tsh

This giveaway is now closed.  Thanks for entering! To those of you hopping over from Bloggy Giveaways – welcome to Simple Mom! For this season’s Bloggy Giveaways, I’m giving away ONE reader one of my favorite books, The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. Since this blog is about simplifying the job of home management, [...]

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My Guest Post – The Beauty of Sinking Funds

by Tsh

I’ve written a guest post today over at Bible Money Matters.  It’s part of my series here on Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps.  Go check it out, if you’re so inclined.

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