In honor of National Financial Literacy Awareness Month, our friend Shannon from The Heavy Purse has put together a celebration of sorts. Part of that celebration is to host a carnival of NFLAM posts in order to help awaken the public to the importance of financial literacy by sharing important info and stories from those …
Feeding a family of six on less than $450 dollars a month means, at least for us, that we’ve had to get used to the fact that we can’t have anything we want to eat, whenever we want it. In our prior, financially irresponsible life, if we wanted steak for dinner, we’d run up to …
Ok, yes, I know it’s April 4th. I’ve been a little hesitant to set goals for this year for 2 reasons: 1. We’re in such a tight situation financially right now that it’s difficult for us to even put any extra towards credit card debts, much less think about goals. Up until now, our …
Break out the party hats! Friday’s article on Yahoo touted the “good” news that mortgage lenders are easing up on lending rules. As for me, I can’t help but have flashbacks to the big housing bubble, and the subsequent 2008 crash that kinda sorta led to the beginning of America’s financial glass house tumbling down. As Jim …
The following is a guest post. If you are interested in guest posting for The Frugal Farmer, see our Guest Post tab at the top of the page or by clicking here. Investments to Think About When Starting Your Own Small Business Starting a business, even a small one, is a huge undertaking. There are …
Aside from personal finance and debt relief stuff, the other topic we’re pretty interested in here at The Frugal Farmer is self-sufficiency. Even a simple storm can render families unable to access fresh water or food from the grocery store, so preparedness and self-sufficiency isn’t just for the conspiracy theorists. That being said, with all …
The following is a guest post. If you are interested in guest posting for The Frugal Farmer, see our Guest Post tab at the top of the page or by clicking here. Why You May Want to Delay Retirement Although it seems like everyone has the goal of being able to retire as early as …
Happy Monday to you all! I’m SO excited to share some great news with you: Through the generosity of Mr. CBB over at Canadian Budget Binder, I’ve written and published my first guest post! It’s a story about how parents’ handling of money influences their children, as well as some personal tidbits about our former life …
I don’t read much in the way of international news, for a couple of reasons: 1. Homeschooling 4 kids and keeping a house up for a family of six keeps me plenty busy. When I finally do sit down to watch some TV, I want it to be funny. 🙂 2. The problems of the …
I’ve had a few people email me and ask how we manage to survive on our extraordinarily high DTI. So I thought I’d share with you a little window into the life of the deeply in debt, lifestyle-wise. Here’s how we avoid spending money so that we can make a dent in our debt:
