Kids

Our Disney World Vacation – Summer Savings Series #9

by Glen Craig

Last Summer we needed to figure out where we wanted to go on vacation. It would be my wife, our 7-year-old daughter, our 7-month-old son, and myself.  Since our son was so young we wanted to keep the flights short.  We decided now would be a great time to go to Disney world! Why Disney [...]

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Summer Savings Series #4: Fun Frugal Ices With Your Child

by Glen Craig

Here’s a fun activity I used to do all the time with my folks when I was a wee little lad many, many moons ago… I used to make my own ices! Here’s what you need: Ice Tray(s) Wax Paper or Plastic Wrap Toothpicks Yummy Beverage (such as iced tea, lemonade, Gatorade, etc…) With your [...]

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April 2008 Review

by Glen Craig

April has been pretty wild for Free From Broke. If you’ve been a reader for a while then you know I’ve changed the way the site looks, moving from Blogger to WordPress. I managed to only lose sleep in the conversion and no hair! I’m still making changes so don’t be surprised if the site [...]

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15 Things To Do With Your Economic Stimulus Check

by Glen Craig

The government Stimulus checks started going out on April 28th. If you are expecting one you should start looking for it in May (here’s a post listing the dates). So what are you going to do with the extra money? Here are a list of ideas for using your stimulus check: Pay off credit cards [...]

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Festive Link Love Carnivality #6

by Glen Craig

photo by nattu I’m bringing back the Festive Link Love Carnivality! Why? I like the title for one. Two – there’s celebrating to be done! This week mark’s the introduction of the new and improved Free From Broke. After many months on Blogger I finally took the leap to WordPress and self-hosting. If you can [...]

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Five Ways My Budget Gets Busted

by Glen Craig

photo by Jeff Keen I was tagged by LJ over at Mommy Gets PAID recently with the Budget Busters Challenge meme. So here goes five things that bust up out budget: Eating Out – This isn’t something we do too often. Fact is we usually eat at home. But every now and then we’ll meet [...]

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Best And Worst College 529 Plans From Morningstar

by Glen Craig

Morningstar has released their picks for the top five and worst five 529 college-savings plans. To make their choices, Morningstar “focused on diversification, fees, flexibility, and the underlying funds.” Here are the top five: – Illinois Bright Start College Savings Program – Maryland College Investment Plan – Virginia Education Savings Trust -Virginia CollegeAmerica 529 Savings [...]

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Saving Money For College When Your Children Are Older

by Glen Craig

I got an interesting question recently – How would you save for a kids college fund for kids who are 15 and 12 years old? A 529 plan or a Roth IRA? I think, without a doubt, a 529 is the better of the two. By saving there you immediately get a tax benefit. Keep [...]

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Five Gifts For Kids That Keep Giving

by Glen Craig

Ever have a hard time trying to find a gift for a child? Me too. Sometimes I find what I think is the perfect gift but it’s usually rare. Other times I feel like I’m just buying some little gadget that will amuse for a bit before it turns into clutter; just another toy in [...]

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My Daughter Shocked Me With A Credit Card Question

by Glen Craig

This past weekend my daughter made me do a double take! I told you last week about the post Your Children Are Watching. What Are you Teaching? by Being Frugal. In it BF talks about financial responsibility in front of your children and making sure they understand what credit cards are. So while we’re standing [...]

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