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7 Tips to Create a Surplus in Your Budget

Our focus for the last several months in our family has been to create a surplus in our budget. We went from 2 incomes back down to one and it has taken some major adjustments. We are still cutting back and cutting out. If you missed my last post on finances you can find it … [Read more...]

Action Steps for Financial Freedom from the Past, Present, and Future

After writing a post on freedom and liberty, my perspectives of financial freedom have changed a bit. If you missed my post on freedom and liberty, you can read it here http://thejourneyofasteward.com/the-fight-for-liberty.html . Freedom is the independence from something, but also the responsibility to something. If we take a step back and … [Read more...]

Living on a $500 Food Budget

I feel like I am dropping the ball on keeping up with my monthly food budget. As I sit to write this I have my receipts in my hand with no idea really how much I have spent. I am a little nervous. Life has been so crazy and thankfully I have not made too many trips to the store, so that has to be a good thing right?! Well let's see if I stayed … [Read more...]

Living on a $500 Food Budget

After a great month in January, I am hoping we can keep living on a $500 Food Budget for the month of February.  I am kind of behind in my receipts and I hope that does not come back to bite. I am hoping to maybe start doing a little bit of couponing again, but we will see. I have started to a little bit of menu planning and am hoping to fine … [Read more...]

Living on a $500 Food Budget

My first month of my own budget challenge is over and done with, however, I did find some floater receipts that still need to be applied before I can move on to February. Living on a $500 food budget has been a very good lesson to all of my family on wants versus needs. It has been tricky at times and frustrating at times, but in the end I think it … [Read more...]

Living on a $500 Food Budget

It is pretty crazy that January is coming to an end. Where did the month go? I do feel like this month has been very successful, as far as our food budget is concerned. Even though I still have to buy goodies for this weekend, I know we will be under a  (cash out of pocket) $500 food budget. We were so blessed this month by others around us totally … [Read more...]

Living on a $500 Food Budget

Keeping track of my receipts has been very helpful for this first month of trying to stay within our $500 food budget. And boy do I have some great stories this week of God's faithfulness! Let me give you some background details. Of course like all of you, coming off of Christmas has hit us pretty hard. But we had some extras last month on top … [Read more...]

Living on a $500 Food Budget

Sorry, it has taken me awhile to get back! I am a little behind on this series, please forgive me. I feel like I am sitting pretty good so far this month of sticking to a $500 food budget. We are still trying to eat out of the cupboards and freezer. It is so hard to not just grab a couple pizzas, especially with daddy gone! This is what our … [Read more...]

Living on a $500 food budget

We have been trying to save money and pay off debt and really the only place that has any give is our food budget. My goal for this year is to feed my family of eight on $500 food budget per month. We started this year with a spending freeze. I tried to not spend any money on anything. Wow that it so hard. You do not realize what you are … [Read more...]

The New Year ~ New Beginnings

Happy New Year! It is hard to believe that 2014 is here and gone. This has been a year of many changes in our family and really only the beginning as we enter into a new year. After 15 years, my husband went back into law enforcement. Crazy! We never expected that turn of events, but it has been fun and exciting to watch him do something that he … [Read more...]

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