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Clutter May Be Increasing Your Debt

November 4, 2016 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

If you are overwhelmed and in debt and feel like you are drowning and there is no help in sight, I can relate. But don’t give up hope! If you are willing to make some changes, you can definitely climb out of the hole. It won’t be easy, but it’s easier than what you are […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Moneysavers, Parenting, Timesavers Tagged With: clutter, debt, declutter, finances, help, money, sue duval, the organized hive

How We Got Our Asses Out of the Financial Black Hole, Episode IV

October 14, 2016 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

This is week four of the How We Got Our Asses Out of the Financial Black Hole series. If you are just joining in, my family is coming out of a 4-year-long financial shit storm where, among other things (and in a very brief nutshell), we filed for bankruptcy, were on food stamps, and had our […]

Filed Under: Timesavers, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: debt, eliminating debt, finances, financial, money

Making more money isn’t the answer to your money problems.

September 30, 2016 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Last week I wrote a post about the most important thing we did to dig ourselves out of financial trouble. It was just one bullet point in the list of many, many things we did, but it was definitely at the top. Once we did that, it helped us to see how we had been contributing […]

Filed Under: Moneysavers Tagged With: budget, cable, cell phone, debt, finances, heat, meal planning, money, Republick Wireless, thermostat

Do You Know What Your Monthly Expenses Are?

September 22, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I hear from a lot of people who are struggling financially. And as you know, we are just coming off of a four year period where we almost lost our house and were on the verge of losing everything. Digging ourselves out of that hole has been one of the hardest things we’ve ever done. […]

Filed Under: Moneysavers Tagged With: bankruptcy, bills, confidential, debt, expenses, finances, foreclosure

How about we start with Easter?

March 12, 2016 by not your average mom 3 Comments

The  older I get, the more I’m believing in fate and that things happen for a reason. Who knows. Maybe there’s no such thing as fate. Maybe things don’t happen for a reason. Maybe I’m just looking for some explanation as to why we have gone through the things we have gone through.   Whether […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Easter, Easter basekts, finances, saving money

I’m Not Sure I Want My Kids To Go To College

July 22, 2015 by not your average mom 23 Comments

I was the first person in my family to graduate from college. And once I did that, I went right on to grad school and got my masters degree in elementary ed. I have spent lots of time talking to the kids about college. Discussing how grades are important if you even want to have […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: apprentices, classroom, college, college education, debt, degree, diploma, finances, the price of a college education

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