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My Romantic Valentine’s Day
Do you have romantic plans with your sweetheart for Valentine’s Day? A special dinner out, perhaps, or did he surprise you with flowers and chocolate? I remember when I was in high school, “the thing” was for the girls to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, budget, Christianity, Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World, encouragement, family, finances, frugal, homeschool, marriage, money
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Financial Setbacks
Do you ever feel as though your money seems to burn up in your hands or at least flies out of your hands faster than you can earn it? Financial setbacks can be so discouraging and even heart-wrenching, can’t they? My family … Continue reading
Posted in Money
Tagged budget, budgeting, Christianity, debt, debt free, Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World, economy, encouragement, Finance, finances, frugal, God, Jesus, money, stewardship
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Steady Plodding Brings Prosperity
Proverbs 21:5 in The Living Bible says, “Steady plodding brings prosperity; hasty speculation brings poverty.” The NIV puts it like this, “The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.” In my first job out … Continue reading
Posted in Money, Stewardship
Tagged budget, budgeting, Christianity, Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World, finances, frugal, Jesus, Larry Burkett, money
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How the Debt Snowball Method Works
If you’ve ever been in much debt, you can understand the pressure that it places on you. It’s a heavy burden to owe people money, and it can cause all sorts of feelings—from anxiety to fear to sadness to anger … Continue reading
Kroger Mega Sale and Two New Saving Opportunities
I stopped by Kroger tonight to catch some of the new Mega Sale deals. Kroger’s Mega Sales typically run for two weeks, and this one started Wednesday, March 19, so you still have plenty of time to shop. Here’s what … Continue reading
Posted in Couponing
Tagged budget, budgeting, couponing, Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Free World, economy, encouragement, finances, frugal, money, Southern Savers
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My Top Couponing Mistakes
I tried couponing around 10 years ago, but I gave it up because I just couldn’t get the hang of it, and it seemed to be taking too much time relative to the amount of money I was saving. When … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, budgeting, couponing, Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Free World, finances, frugal, money
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Storing a Couponing Stockpile
In the months after I started couponing, I began to build up a stockpile of products. One of the goals of couponing is to build up some inventory of toiletries, household goods, and non-perishable food items. The idea is to purchase … Continue reading
Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World is 50% off at Smashwords This Week!
This week is “Read an E-Book Week” at Smashwords.com, which means that thousands of e-books are deeply discounted, including our book, Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World! You can get our book for only $2.50 by clicking here and entering … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, budgeting, debt free, Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World, Finance, finances, frugal, Howard Dayton, Jesus, Larry Burkett, money, stewardship
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My Couponing Haul
My dear husband surprised the kids last night by bringing home a movie from the Redbox. So after I fed them all supper and they started their movie, I slipped out for a little R&R at the grocery store. Yes, … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Couponing, Stewardship
Tagged budget, Christianity, couponing, debt free, Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World, economy, encouragement, family, Finance, finances, frugal, money, Southern Savers, stewardship
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Our Story on Zpolitics and 103.7 FM
Trevor and I were interviewed this morning by Martha Zoller of 103.7 FM for a 30-minute radio program that will air on Sunday, February 23. I’ll post a link to the show when it’s available to stream online. We had … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, Christianity, debt free, Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World, economy, Finance, finances, frugal, Jesus, Martha Zoller, money, stewardship, zpolitics.com
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A Few Creative Ways to Earn and Save Money
The recession of the last few years has produced several forms of pay cuts for my husband, a public school teacher. First came a 2.4 percent across the board reduction. Added to that came furlough days, starting out as just … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, budgeting, Christianity, couponing, debt free, Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World, encouragement, Finance, frugal, Kroger
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Southern Savers Reviewed Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World
Jenny at the wildly popular Southern Savers couponing site posted an excellent review of Debt-Free Living in a Debt-Filled World this week. Check out the review here.
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