America’s Cheapest Family
August 27th, 2007
I think most American families need help in the finances department, and this book could be a good first start. No offense to my International readers. I am sure International families can look at their budget as well. This book attacks the normal American pastime of “excess” and offers tips that relate to living within the US. I am sure that international families can apply many of the concepts regardless of their context. It is an easy read and not necessarily meant to be read straight through but rather viewed topically depending on what you need most. It will help you think through your financial plan and give you solid tips and really great ideas on how to save money around your home. It is an inspiring read that preaches simplicity and motivates you to make your pennies stretch and learn how to live with less. I found it interesting that many of the ideas, we already implement and many others we have never even thought of.
The books authors (the Economides) actually paid their entire house off in 9 years making only about 35K a year. They started by just paying $2 extra on principle every month and pinching pennies all along the way. Annette (the wife) stayed home the entire time raising their kids, learning how to be an efficient homemaker and making “simplicity” be her overarching goal for their family.
This book is proof that it can be done if you are willing to sacrifice a bit, live within your means, and most of all have discipline with your budget. I was inspired!
Entry Filed under: Finances, Book Reviews
3 Comments
Add your own1. Jacci M | August 27th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
LOL, I love the title of the book!
Thanks for the post.
BTW,I was wondering, have you ever seen the traveling group post called The Carnival of Homeschooling? I’ve been thinking that it would be great to have a Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival! Is that something you might be interested in? If you are unfamiliar with the way carnivals work, it’s fairly straightforward. Different CM bloggers “contribute” links to one of the posts they have put on their personal blogs. Usually, there is a broad, preset theme requested for the contributions. For instance, if I was hosting the first carnival and I made the theme “back to school CM style”, all of the post submissions would have something to do with that topic area. Then, after a week of accepting submission, the “hostess” would post one long entry on her personal blog, writing an article of sorts while working in the links for all of the contributions that participating bloggers have made that week. Then, there is that one post where everyone can go to read through many different blog entries all about one CM topic. It’s a great way to share and learn - not to mention get some increased traffic to your site. Host blogs, in particular, get the spotlight. Would you please let me know if you would be interested in submitting a blog entry for a carnival like this? Would you be interested in hosting a carnival one week? I’ll leave a sticky post up on my blog’s main page for replies
Thanks!
Jacci (CM mama of 4)
http://www.xanga.com/salmonme
2. admin | August 27th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
Jacci, I love the idea and was just wondering how I could be a part of a homeschooling carnival. So, lets get one going:-) Email me at amber at what is church dot com and we can hash it out. I would be happy to host for sure:-)
Mr Linky is not hard to do ether:-)
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