by Jamie Jeffers | May 3, 2017 | Debt
Inside: Learn why I wear these shoes whenever I can…even though I’m not a fan of this style of shoes and I HATE pink!
We were at our county fair, stinky and sweaty after a long week of showing animals. It was the last day, which is always hard. Some of our animals would go home with us. Others would be sold at auction.
Even though my son wasn’t particularly fond of this set of lambs (they’d given him a lot of trouble!), he was having a hard time letting go. He’s old enough to understand the food chain. And while our whole job was to pass a good product on to the consumer, selling animals is tough.
So even though I’m a no mom, and even though I know he needed to work through the process, I couldn’t say no when he asked if we could bring a bunny home. So after working out a deal with a 4-H rabbit shower, we needed a cage. That meant a quick trip in the pick up truck to Tractor Supply Company.
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by Jamie Jeffers | Mar 29, 2017 | Debt
Inside: Wondering what it takes to get a paid off credit card? Here’s what our family did to claw out of debt and what we learned from our journey.
In early 2016, my Hubby and I sat down to set our family goals for the year, when we realized that our credit card debt was worse than we thought. In fact, it was so obnoxious that the best we could do was go round and round in circles. Pay down the balance… watch it go back up.
Too much of our money was going towards that debt, but somehow the balances never seemed to get any smaller.
Why should hundreds of our dollars be handed to a credit card company every single month for the privilege of…what? Owing more money? We weren’t getting anything out of this deal.
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by Jamie Jeffers | Mar 15, 2017 | Debt
When you need to know how to get out of debt fast, you’ll need to do some crazy things! Here’s some ideas to get you started.
Being in debt is the worst! Back when we began our journey to get out of credit card debt, I couldn’t have imagined what it would look like. We’ve paid off half of our credit card debt now, and we’re knocking out the rest.
These days, we don’t like to spend much unless we decide that something is worth our money. That’s given way to some crazy ideas to get out of debt.
Now the word “crazy” is rather subjective. Some of you will read this list and say, “Nope. Too crazy for me. I’d never do these things.”
Others will read it and say, “Psssh. She didn’t once mention rinsing out generic Ziploc bags and reusing them. This list is dumb.”
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by Jamie Jeffers | Dec 30, 2016 | Debt, Secure Your Savings
The money challenge that will set you up for success in paying off debt.
One year ago, my Hubby and I discovered a fatal flaw in all of our carefully laid plans. We were good at setting goals for ourselves each year, but we were struggling to meet them. Something was holding us back from everything we wanted to accomplish.
That something was a nasty habit called Debt.
We could see in black and white that nothing could really be accomplished until we knocked out our credit card debt. Only then could we make big changes in our lives.
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by Jamie Jeffers | Dec 21, 2016 | Debt, Intentional Living, Parenting & Household Tips, Saving Money
The longer I blog, the more important it is to pay attention to the things that are working. With that in mind, I wanted to know which of my posts were the most read in 2016. After all, I need to write about the things that interest you the most!
In case you’re a little curious, too, here are some of the most read posts at Medium Sized Family of the year.
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by Jamie Jeffers | Dec 14, 2016 | Debt, Saving Money
A frugal Christmas can be a wonderful thing! Wouldn’t you love to have less stress…and not go broke while you try to keep up with it all this year?
Not long ago we watched an old home video of Christmas morning when our oldest child was 2 years old.
It was adorable, of course, and I loved looking back at how simple our life was then.
But the most striking thing was watching him enjoy his gifts.
Santa had brought several toys. But only one gift held his attention.
His new basketball hoop.
He picked up that ball over and over. “Basket! Basket!”
I watched a younger version of myself show him the other toys he’d received, but none of them held his attention like that basketball.
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