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01-02-2011, 09:32 PM #1Registered User
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New Mommy joining!
Hi, all!
How did you hear about frugal village? Not sure! I think I stumbled upon it when I was Googling "debt reduction ticker" for my blog.
What interests you here? Finally! An active frugal forum that doesn't COST MONEY (what's up with all these debt-killing sites that charge monthly fees? Counter-productive much?)
What will you contribute? Well, I'll be honest, I'm busy with a new baby so I think I'll be getting more help here than I'll be giving! But I'm nice!
Do you know any other members here? Not yet.
How many kids? Ages? 1! Eleven weeks old.
Tell us about yourself:
Do you own any pets? Love my doggy who just turned 8.
Occupation? Was an admin assistant. Was laid off when 6 months pregnant.
Married or single? Married.
Interests and hobbies? I have a MILLION hobbies, mostly nest-related (cooking, crafting, blogging, organization, decorating, being a mommy!!! - self-help/growth, weight loss, etc). My dream is to join the Disney Adventurers Club and travel somewhere as a family twice a year or more. I'm dying to see the world. Very curious about other cultures. I want to learn to sew and make dolls and clothes for my little girl. I just joined Weight Watchers Online. I have a Pepsi addiction.
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01-02-2011, 09:34 PM #2Registered User
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Hello and welcome to the Village!
~*Michelle*~
~Wife to Rick since Dec. 19, 1986~
~Mother to Richard, 23, Chris, 21, and Dakota, 17~~Mother-in-law to Amber, wife of Richard~~Elementary Teacher~
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01-02-2011, 09:58 PM #3Registered User
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Welcome to Frugal Village!
*Angel*
Dave R. Plan
Step one - Done
Step two-Done
Step three-Done
Step four-Done
Step five- Working on
Step six- almost done
Living debt free except the mortgage and working on that !!!
Be content with what you have;
Rejoice in the way things are,
When you realise there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you.
-Lao Tzu
Have Courage
“Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires…courage.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back..." Maya Angelou
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01-02-2011, 09:59 PM #4Registered User
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Hi and welcome from Minnesota!
make yourself at home.
Dh Bob FIL 
DS (21) at Lakehead U - go Thunderwolves!
www.ouroldhomestead.blogspot.com
2012 Exercise Challenge - 5,358 min
2012 Water Challenge - 7,330 oz
May No Spend Days - 0 /20
Wasted money - May total - $0
2012 Change Jar - $ 37.20
No Eat Out - 114 /365
2012 Reading Challenge - 3 /12
2012 Home Project - May - 4 totes 0 /4, organizing laundry room
20 Wishes Challenge - 3/20
12,400 /36,500 squats
2012 Coupon Challenge - $416.06
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01-02-2011, 10:01 PM #5Registered User
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Hi and thank you!! I live in Arkansas, by the way.
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01-02-2011, 10:20 PM #6Founder
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01-02-2011, 10:50 PM #7Registered User
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01-02-2011, 11:52 PM #8Registered User
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Welcome you will love it her!
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal. Not to
people or things.
- Albert Einstein
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Life is not always fair. Sometimes you get a splinter even sliding down a rainbow.
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Don't wait for a crisis to look at your finances differently. Look at them differently now and avoid the crisis.
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01-03-2011, 12:37 AM #9Registered User
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Welcome and congrats on the baby! You'll learn a lot here!
May Goals:
Only $300 for groceries this month - $206/$300
Monthly coupon/valued customer savings = $14.08
No wasted food!
Stick to budget!
Track spending DAILY
Get checkbook balanced
Save $200 toward EF: $85/$200
2012 FV Challenges: Try New Recipes Challenge: 22/52, Menu Planning Challenge: 21/52, Grocery Reduction Budget Challenge, Change Jar Challenge: $27.81 as of 1-14-12, Lose A Pound A Week Challenge: 3/48, No Wasted Food Challenge
2012 Goals
1. To pay off CC (only $917.15 left!) and never again charge more than I can pay off each month.
3.Snowball the CC and Sears card payments into hospital bill (due w/ Baby #2 via C-section in mid-January). Pay that off ASAP.4. Snowball payments into DH's student loan (as of 12/4/11 there's still $4770.84 remaining). Pay off by 12/31/12.
5. Keep our grocery budget to $300 each month.
6. Use Dave Ramsey's budget sheet and get on track with this each pay period.
7. Get and keep checkbook balanced and keep an eye (weekly if not daily) on our e-statements.
8. Get savings account up to $8,000 (incl. emergency fund)
9. Make 2 Christmas gifts per month: 0/24.
10. Get our home organized: use a receipt book, keep my coupon organizer in check, have a touch-once policy for paper (touch once and then file or toss).
11. Achieve "give or get" goal of $1500 for the board I serve on by 9/30/12.
12. Taxes filed by March 17.
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01-03-2011, 12:53 AM #10Registered User
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Glad you have joined us.
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01-03-2011, 03:59 AM #11Registered User
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Hello and welcome! I enjoyed reading about you and hope to see you around the boards! I think you probably have a very good since of humor. Your username and picture made me laugh out loud. I hope you enjoy it here!
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01-03-2011, 04:47 AM #12Registered User
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Hi there and welcome from Holland.
I'm sure that you'll love it here.
Congratulations on your new baby!!!*Avril*
Mom to Laurens (30), Timothy (26), Dimmen (24), Lloyd (23) and Fiori (21).
May - no spend days 8/15
May - hanging laundry loads 3
May - no eat out 13/15
May - baking 1/1
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01-03-2011, 07:02 AM #13Registered User
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Hi and welcome from Fl!
Bank of America is THE godfather of Hell with Wells Fargo running neck and neck. When the world ends the only things that will be left are cockroaches, Walmart, Wells Fargo and Bank of America. Not necessarily in that order. The order remains to be seen.
Challenges
Coupon Challenge May
$00.00
Year / $
May/ Grocery
$/Goal $400 Total
Eat Out No More May
Goal 20
Accomp/18
No Spend Challenge
Goal 10/
Accomp/15
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01-03-2011, 08:38 AM #14Registered User
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Hi and welcome. Congratulations on your baby girl.
Cat
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01-03-2011, 08:41 AM #15Super Moderator
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You look so stealthy!
Welcome to Frugal Village, I hope you make yourself at home.
~*Darlene*~
Live Well~LaughOften~Love Much
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."
Leo Buscaglia
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