Extra IncomeTyler's mowing business: six yards and a used push mower
A $180 mower off Marketplace, a trailer borrowed from my dad and six yards by mid-June. What a mowing side business makes in a small town.
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Groceries & MealsPacking Tyler's work lunches for $2.40 a day
Twelve-hour days at the plant need real food. The lunches he'll actually eat, what they cost and the gas station pizza we gave up.
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Bills & BudgetSwitching to prepaid phones: $128 to $70 for two lines
Same phones, same coverage around Macon, half the bill. What we gave up, what we didn't, and the one thing that annoyed Tyler.
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The House FundCounting the jar: what loose change really adds up to
We dumped the jar on the kitchen table and counted $187.40. What a few months of quarters and fives are worth, and where we cash it in.
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InsuranceRenters insurance for $14 a month: what it actually covers
I always thought renters insurance was for people with nicer stuff than ours. What our policy covers, the limits we chose and why.
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Small-Town LivingCheap date nights in a town of 5,000
No mall, one movie screen within half an hour, plenty of gravel roads. Our favorite dates under $20 and the ones that flopped.
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Groceries & MealsA monthly Aldi run to Columbia: is the drive worth it?
It's an hour each way. What a full cart costs there compared with shopping in town, minus the gas, over three months of receipts.
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InsuranceShopping our car insurance: four quotes and a $510 difference
Our renewal jumped almost $30 a month for no reason we could find. How we compared quotes for two vehicles and what we picked.
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Extra IncomeWhy I started tracking every extra dollar we earn
Birthday cash, a returned deposit, a few hours of overtime. Why we started writing down all of it, and where the money goes now.
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The House FundThe last car payment: sending $289 a month to the house fund
The CR-V is finally ours. Instead of letting that $289 disappear into everyday spending, we set it to move on its own the next morning.
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