Comments on: Our 2007 Finances – Moving to a Single Income Family http://moneysmartlife.com/our-2007-finances-%e2%80%93-moving-to-a-single-income-family/ Money Tips for a Better Life Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:43:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Money Smart Life » Personal Finance Week in Review - Spring Fever Edition http://moneysmartlife.com/our-2007-finances-%e2%80%93-moving-to-a-single-income-family/comment-page-1/#comment-2570 Money Smart Life » Personal Finance Week in Review - Spring Fever Edition Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:37:40 +0000 http://www.moneysmartlife.com/2006/12/31/our-2007-finances-%e2%80%93-moving-to-a-single-income-family/#comment-2570 [...] I was sad to see that “The Force” method of budgeting hasn’t been working for the Mighty Bargain Hunter so he’s switched to a new allowance approach. We’ve been using something akin to the force method and I don’t like to see its demise. We’ll probably be changing our budgeting means once we drop to a one income family. [...] [...] I was sad to see that “The Force” method of budgeting hasn’t been working for the Mighty Bargain Hunter so he’s switched to a new allowance approach. We’ve been using something akin to the force method and I don’t like to see its demise. We’ll probably be changing our budgeting means once we drop to a one income family. [...]

]]> By: Money Smart Life » Carnival Roundup - Bringing in the New Year http://moneysmartlife.com/our-2007-finances-%e2%80%93-moving-to-a-single-income-family/comment-page-1/#comment-353 Money Smart Life » Carnival Roundup - Bringing in the New Year Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:37:25 +0000 http://www.moneysmartlife.com/2006/12/31/our-2007-finances-%e2%80%93-moving-to-a-single-income-family/#comment-353 [...] I talked about how we’ll be turning into a single income family in 2007 at the Festival of Frugality. We’ll have to make some financial changes but it’s worth it have my wife home with our new baby. [...] [...] I talked about how we’ll be turning into a single income family in 2007 at the Festival of Frugality. We’ll have to make some financial changes but it’s worth it have my wife home with our new baby. [...]

]]> By: moneysmartz http://moneysmartlife.com/our-2007-finances-%e2%80%93-moving-to-a-single-income-family/comment-page-1/#comment-344 moneysmartz Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:58:31 +0000 http://www.moneysmartlife.com/2006/12/31/our-2007-finances-%e2%80%93-moving-to-a-single-income-family/#comment-344 Jenn, thanks for the well wishes and advice! I'll have to pickup a copy of the complete tightwad gazette. Glad to hear things are going well for you as a SAHM! Jenn, thanks for the well wishes and advice! I’ll have to pickup a copy of the complete tightwad gazette. Glad to hear things are going well for you as a SAHM!

]]> By: Jenn @ Frugal Upstate http://moneysmartlife.com/our-2007-finances-%e2%80%93-moving-to-a-single-income-family/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Jenn @ Frugal Upstate Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:50:14 +0000 http://www.moneysmartlife.com/2006/12/31/our-2007-finances-%e2%80%93-moving-to-a-single-income-family/#comment-339 Hi! Found your post via the festival. Just wanted to wish you the best of luck! I've been a SAHM for almost two years now and really love it. One word of caution though, sometimes it is just easier to save money than to try to increase alternative income. I know I'm not a regular reader of your site, so I don't know where you guys are coming from, but if you haven't read it before I highly recommend reading the complete tightwad gazette. Some of the ideas are really out there, and some of them are right on-but it will give lots of food for thought on thinking of different ways that you could cut expenses. Again, good luck! Hi! Found your post via the festival. Just wanted to wish you the best of luck! I’ve been a SAHM for almost two years now and really love it.

One word of caution though, sometimes it is just easier to save money than to try to increase alternative income. I know I’m not a regular reader of your site, so I don’t know where you guys are coming from, but if you haven’t read it before I highly recommend reading the complete tightwad gazette. Some of the ideas are really out there, and some of them are right on-but it will give lots of food for thought on thinking of different ways that you could cut expenses.

Again, good luck!

]]> By: First Festival of Frugality Of 2007 (#55): Happy New Year! » Personal Finance - Save Money at Binary Dollar http://moneysmartlife.com/our-2007-finances-%e2%80%93-moving-to-a-single-income-family/comment-page-1/#comment-333 First Festival of Frugality Of 2007 (#55): Happy New Year! » Personal Finance - Save Money at Binary Dollar Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:45:25 +0000 http://www.moneysmartlife.com/2006/12/31/our-2007-finances-%e2%80%93-moving-to-a-single-income-family/#comment-333 [...] Our 2007 Finances – Moving to a Single Income Family via Money Smart Life. [...] [...] Our 2007 Finances – Moving to a Single Income Family via Money Smart Life. [...]

]]> By: Blaine Moore (First Time Home Owner) http://moneysmartlife.com/our-2007-finances-%e2%80%93-moving-to-a-single-income-family/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Blaine Moore (First Time Home Owner) Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:15:10 +0000 http://www.moneysmartlife.com/2006/12/31/our-2007-finances-%e2%80%93-moving-to-a-single-income-family/#comment-331 My wife and I moved to a single income about a week after we got married, and it has worked out all right for us so far. We do not have any children yet, though; she quit her job to go to law school. Our goal is for her to finish law school and find a job before we starting having children. Hopefully, by that point I will be able to take my alternate streams of income as my major income source and can then switch so that hers is the single salary. Then once we have kids I can stay home and we would only need day care in the mornings or a few days per week. That's the 5 year plan; no idea at this point if things will work out that way. My wife and I moved to a single income about a week after we got married, and it has worked out all right for us so far. We do not have any children yet, though; she quit her job to go to law school.

Our goal is for her to finish law school and find a job before we starting having children. Hopefully, by that point I will be able to take my alternate streams of income as my major income source and can then switch so that hers is the single salary. Then once we have kids I can stay home and we would only need day care in the mornings or a few days per week.

That’s the 5 year plan; no idea at this point if things will work out that way.

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