Everybody wants to know about the "money jar" we keep in our kitchen. Did they really do it this year? Will it add up to very much? How much could the Ford family really find on the GROUND?

If you’ve read our “How To Survive Any Financial Crisis” (www.middleclassmoney.com), you know we promised to update our blog with details after each year’s “money jar.”

Yes, we did do it again this year.

Each year we find money on the ground. This was not our money and we did not earn it. It is money we “kept an eye out for” as we were living our lives.

How much did we find this year on the ground in our daily lives? Why, you won’t believe it. Seriously.

$61.47 Serously, it's like money falling from the sky. We just look for it. It is our way of motivating ourselves to find more money and save more money. It is also a way for us to remind ourselves how little money really adds up.

You can find it, too.

You can save money in this economy.

Hear me.

YOU can save money in this economy.

You have to be ready.

Using coupon codes and coupons can be helpful.

Even finding money on the ground.

BUT....

....you need a plan for 2010. You can use our negotiation tactics if you like. We like helping people fight back and win!

That plan has to have buy-in from you. And it has to start with “Yes, I can save. Yes, I can invest regularly.”

And you can.

Spend some time with our past entries on this blog. Let this be “the year” that you really boosted your family wealth. Start with saving regularly.

Reduce your debt (use our tricks, we don’t care)!

Educate yourself and your children. Do it together. By the way, if you don't know what we do with our "money jar" every year, you have to read "How To Survive Any Financial Crisis" (www.middleclassmoney.com).

You can do this! Happy New Year!

HELPING YOUR KIDS GET AHEAD

In this country we don’t do enough to teach our children about money, managing money, saving regularly (and automatically), compound interest and steady investing for a long-term future. As a parent, we are always concerned that they get a good education and go to a good college so they can make a lot of money or have a valued career path. The truth is that we could do our children the biggest favor and one of the best things by sharing with them sound saving and investing principles.

You can join our free Facebook group (or have your children do it, too) by searching in the Facebook bar on your “wall” for “Live The Lifestyle Your Family Deserves.” Click on “become a fan.” It’s free and it ties our free blogs into that group.

If you want to give your children the same information we are giving ours, you can purchase the only thing we sell on any of our blogs or groups. It’s called “How To Survive Any Financial Crisis” and you can get it for only $4.95 at www.middleclassmoney.com.

Thank you for reading our blog and good luck!

Loyd Ford
www.stickyasset.com/blog
www.middleclassmoney.com
www.boostmywealth.wordpress.com
www.squidoo.com/boostmywealth
www.stickyasset.com