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A Written Budget: The Best Way to Build Financial Confidence

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If you’re looking for the best way to build financial confidence, try setting up a written budget. We’ve spent the last few weeks describing different spending plans or budget systems. We’ve described several options for budgeting success and the amazing key to our budgeting success. Today we’re sharing five benefits to having a written budget like we use. And yes, we do understand that a written budget may sound less tech-savvy than using phone apps or online budget systems. But honestly, …

How can you save money on milk purchases? For years we’ve frozen milk that we bought on sale in our deep freezer, and then defrosted it when we were ready to use it. Freezing milk is not that hard to do if you follow our tips. Learn how we freeze and thaw milk safely and quickly. TABLE OF CONTENTS1 1. The Smart Way to Freeze A Gallon of Milk2 2. How Long Does It Take to Freeze a Gallon …

Easy Bread Recipes You will Love! #easybreadrecipes

This Easy Muffin & Bread Recipes Super Page contains many Easy and Delicious Round-Up Recipes to Make! The Easy Muffin & Bread Recipes included on this page are:Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread, Festive Cranberry Bread, Perfect Pizza Dough, Easy Homemade Garlic Bread, Buttermilk Bran Muffins, Annette’s Orange Cornbread, Easy Homemade Pancakes (video), Tasty Cheese Muffins, Chocolate Chip Banana Bread, Delicious Pumpkin Bread, Monkey Bread A downloadable/printable .pdf is available under the title of …

Flavorful Fruit Recipes RoundUp Page! #flavorfulfruitrecipes

This Fresh Fruit Recipe Ideas page contains 5 recipes for fresh and cooked fruit. Recipes included on this page: Fresh Cranberry Sauce, Lyn’s Cranberry Chutney, Disappearing Fresh Fruit Salad, Delicious & Easy Baked Apples Fresh Fruit Recipe 1: Fresh Cranberry Sauce PRINT THE RECIPE HERE his fresh no-cook cranberry sauce won’t stay on the table long. It is a family favorite fruit recipe and disappears almost as soon as we put it out. Ingredients for Fresh Cranberry Sauce: Directions for …

Store that pay you cash for cell phones.

Have you ever wondered, “Who buys used cell phones?” Many stores are willing to buy used cell phones for cash. Do you have some old cell phones sitting in a drawer? Would you like to turn that outdated technology into cash? This article will help you turn your unneeded phones into needed money. We’ll share stores that are nearby where you can get cash today for your phone. And we’ll also share several online options where you can get …

This Recipe page contains frugal and easy-to-make Ground Beef Main Dish Recipes! If you’re looking for easy-to-make, delicious-tasting, and inexpensive ground beef main dish recipes, you’ve come to the right page. We’ve got complete recipes, .pdf downloads, and videos to help you be successful in creating awesome meals. But if you’re looking for some of our mouth-watering chunk beef recipes. Visit our Chunk Beef Main Dish Recipes page. Ground Beef Main Dish Recipes on this page include: Sloppy Joes, …

Pork, Ham & Sausage Main Dish Recipes RoundUp Page.

This Pork, Ham & Sausage Main Dish Recipes Page contains frugal, delicious and easy-to-make recipes! Pork and Ham Main Dish Recipes included on this page: Happy Hash, Italian Sausage Spinach Pie, Piggies in Blankets, Split Pea Soup, Holiday Ham (low salt) with Sweet Gravy One-Dish Happy Hash PRINT THE RECIPE HERE If you’re looking for a Pork, Ham, or sausage recipe that has a family rating of 9 on a 10-point scale and rarely has any leftovers, this is …

Reduce Holiday Gift Pressure Christmas Tree Ornaments

If you’re looking for the true meaning of Gift Giving, how to enjoy Christmas and the whole holiday season without feeling obligated to spend gobs of money. We’ve got 7 ways to overcome Holiday Gift Pressure. We believe that gift-giving is a tangible way of saying “I love you.” But we also believe that spending lots of money means that I love you more than spending time and carefully selecting an appropriate gift. A Reader Question about Holiday Gift …

My Christmas Budget - Six Saving Tips to Make Your Holidays Jingle with Joy

Are you wondering how to set up a Christmas Budget for Gift Giving? We’ll share that and some other tips for saving on gift giving so that your holidays will Jingle with Joy. Christmas is coming, and it seems to get here faster and faster each year. And for many families what accompanies the approach of the holiday is the accumulation of lots of presents and . . . lots of bills or credit card debt. Is there a …

Is it better to give cash or presents to kids?

Gift Giving for Kids, it’s an age-old question. Should we give our kids money for Christmas or should we just give them presents? You might be surprised by our advice to this family! Question About the Holidays and Gift Giving for Kids I have your three books and have read about the MoneySmart Kids System that teaches kids to manage their own money; I have a question regarding giving money for holidays (to your children). Do you give money to your …

A Written Budget: The Best Way to Build Financial Confidence

9 Easy Tips to Freeze Milk and How to Thaw it Safely

12 Easy Bread Recipes – Round-Up Page

Fresh Fruit Recipe Ideas Page

33 Places that Buy Used Cell Phones for Cash – Broken or Working

Ground Beef Main Dish Recipe Collection

Pork Main Dish Recipes (Ham and Sausage too) – Delicious to Eat!

The True Meaning of Gift Giving – Reducing Holiday Gift Pressures (with grace)

How to Make A Christmas Budget that Makes your Holidays Jingle with Joy

Giving Money As A Gift: Is it Better to Give Cash or a Present to Kids?

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