With Gas Prices UP, how DO we afford the Real Life Marriage Conference (At the Journey Church in Gray TN - June 13-14, 2008)

So glad you asked! We are all feeling the SQUEEZE of gas and food prices these days! It feels like the month runs longer than the money! Here are a few suggestions to raise a little cash for the RLMC (and you will notice many of them are really HOMESCHOOL ENTREPRENEUR 101 ideas)!

1. Take the money you make Saturday at the NETHEA Sale and invest it in one of the most important things your kids will ever see – a SOLID MARRIAGE! Quietly, in a life well lived honoring the Lord and loving your spouse, your kids will pick up more values and truths than any curriculum you can buy with the same amount of cash! A solid marriage IS one of the best gifts you can give your kids!
2. Sell something on ebay! We all have too much stuff! Get creative, enlist the kids in a homeschool experiment and get to selling stuff on ebay! Goal – pay for dinner out for mom and dad, and the RLMC!
3. Have a garage sale! We all want to declutter, so get a jump on your plans and have that garage sale the first week of June, then sign up!
4. Scalp a little money out of the vacation fund, and treat mom and dad to a weekend they will long remember!
5. Schedule “Entrepreneur Days” at home with your kids – challenge them to earn half of the marriage retreat as a gift for you (and you will contribute the other half!) This will teach them a cornucopia of invaluable tools (they can earn money, gift someone else with their hard work, reach a goal, etc!)
6. Go to Sam’s Club and buy the large candy bars. Create a contest for your kids, scrub them up, give them a lesson in salesmanship and unleash them on the world! Plan a special trip for them, and the special trip for mom and dad and let them roar off! Don’t we all get asked a million times a year to buy wrapping paper, junky gifts, candy, candy, candles, and more from all the other neighborhood kids! Since we aren’t “working” for the school district – why not let them “work” for the family homeschool?
7. Gather up all the lose change, roll it up and you might have enough!
8. Use your birthday money, anniversary money, etc.
9. Stop eating out for a month – drop the lattes, or fix hubby fabulous brown bag lunches for a month!
10. Pull some cash out of your Emergency Fund! Really, a homeschool retreat JUST for HOMESCHOOLERS is an emergency!
11. Sign up for The Prudent Wife E-newsletter for money saving ideas and tips!

Ever wondered where the “Marriage Retreat” for homeschooling parents is???

Real Life Marriage Conference – Journey Church in Gray TN - June 13-14, 2008 

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