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Targeted Savings Accounts and Funemployment for the One-Car Win!
I had a great experience last week – about as good of an experience as you can have running errands, that is. 🙂 This funemployed spouse/homemaker gig is pretty nice, both for me and for Kyle. We noticed that our car needed to be repaired, so we made an appointment with our mechanic to drop off the car one weekday morning. The last time we did this, we dropped the car off together and then took … Read entire article »
Filed under: cars, funemployment, targeted savings
What is the Purpose of an Emergency Fund?
In my last post on emergency funds, I looked at Dave Ramsey’s (and many others’) suggestion of an emergency fund size of three to six months of expenses and calculated what that would be for our current budget ($7,500 to $15,000). But at the end of the post I questioned whether a three to six month emergency fund is really appropriate for us. I am an overthinker, so I have trouble just accepting that we … Read entire article »
Filed under: emergency fund
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