by Shanah Bell | Apr 2, 2018 | Budget, Creative, Family, Finances, Health, Kids, Money
Here we are again! Another month down and time to go over how we did. The biggest question for us was whether or not we were going to be able to come close to the budget we planned for. So let’s check out how we did with our March budget. Last Month’s...
by Shanah Bell | Mar 19, 2018 | Budget, Diversify, Finances, Money, Wealth
As we have been working on our plan to become financially independent, it has included not only debt reduction, but building wealth. That being said, we have run across a few tools that have really helped us in this endeavor so far. Seeing as there are so many options...
by Shanah Bell | Mar 5, 2018 | Balance, Budget, Creative, Finances, Money
My plan is to publish these monthly, at least for this year. The thought is that if I am accountable to you, then it makes sticking to our budget that much easier for us. Plus it is a good way for us to rein in our spending on things that we don’t really need....
by Shanah Bell | Feb 19, 2018 | Budget, Creative, Family, Finances, Shopping
If you recall, we had a pretty big annual budget meeting this past December. During this meeting, we decided that we were going to make some BIG changes this year. So let’s see how we did the first month out of the gate to change our budget. The Goal First off,...
by Shanah Bell | Feb 5, 2018 | Balance, Budget, Energy, Family, Finances, Health, Money, New Year, Whole Health
Last year was full of a whole lot of change for us and our family. I can’t say that any of it was bad change either. It was, overall, a pretty darn good year. However, after sitting down with our finances and having our annual budget meeting, we decided that...
by Shanah Bell | Jan 29, 2018 | Budget, Family, Finances, Home, New Year, Pool
We knew that we were going to make some changes to our lives with the New Year approaching. But we weren’t sure what our plans were, financially, until we had our annual budget meeting. And that is where things got interesting! Annual Budget Meeting Last year,...