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07.29.08

Budgeting Confessions Budgets | (4)
I have a budgeting confession to make, I haven't touched my family's budget in over a month. *Gasp* I know, I know - I am setting the foundation for a cavalcade of kaka if I let things continue down this path, but I have a really good excuse why. It looks just like this: I have lost the cap to my ever so precious magical stick of information storage ((Also known as a jump drive, memory stick or flash drive)). I'm not sure what happened to it, but I'm certain a leprechaun stole it from me ... on purpose ...

Tagged: budget busters, budgeting, budgeting failure, spreadsheets
05.20.08

Budget Hack: SUMIF To The Rescue Budgets | (3)
One of the tricks I use in my monthly budget spreadsheets is the SUMIF function. This is a powerful tool that helps me to easily summarize the financial information I record in the transaction section of my budget spreadsheet into clear categories for me to analyze and assess. I am able to track the monthly spending of all my budget categories with zero hassel - and it even helps me track how much my wife and I charge on our credit card each moth. The SUMIF function is very straightforward to use and it only takes a second ...

Tagged: budget hacks, budgeting, excel budget, excel formulas, open office budget, spreadsheets
05.01.08

Calculating a Paycheck for a Raise Budgets | (1)
Getting a raise is always welcome, especially when finances are tight and every little bit that comes in helps you pay your bills, put food on the table, and empowers you to provide for the basic needs of your family. But how much is that raise going to affect your income? There are two ways to find out: Wait until your paycheck comes Do the math (a.k.a. build a spreadsheet) I love building spreadsheets and can't stand the suspense of not knowing, so I would certainly choose the second option. Let the spreadsheet fun begin! Getting Started Calculating how your raise ...

Tagged: additional income, income, spreadsheets
03.24.08

Getting Our Heads Together Family Life | (0)
I am the person who handles the finances in our family. I track our spending habits and make sure our accounts look like they are supposed to. I regularly head on over to the websites of our banking and credit institutions to check to see what purchases were recently made and enter them into our tracking spreadsheets (I used to do this using receipts but it ended up being more convenient to use the bank for this). These spreadsheets make prefect sense to me, but as I mentioned before they are still a work in progress and ...

Tagged: life-style choices, marriage, spreadsheets

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