Tuck Gave Me A Million Dollars!!

September 4, 2013 at 4:14 pm  •  Posted in Finance by

For obvious reasons, there has been a ton of discussions in our house lately about money, finances and the budget in general.

This is not a bad thing…one of the things we hope to teach the kids on this trip is how to build a budget and stick to it!  We have a “per diem” amount per day per country for food and we are putting the kids in charge of keeping track!  We also have a “fun activities” slush fund per country that we all need to manage. We want everyone participating in the discussion regarding if we do one thing, we may not do another.

We have read all the guidebooks and talked to friends and have put together a list of MUST DOs for each destination.  Accommodations and flights are booked for the most part, so food, local transportation and activities are the big buckets of expenses. Each of us has a cheap, $1 calculator from Office Max that we can use for currency conversion when we have to figure out what something cost.

Tuck has been listening closely to all the budget discussions and being the “can do” guy, he decided to put all of his money from his piggy bank in a ziplock and bring it just in case.  I found it stuffed in  his bag yesterday.   He also made me a one million dollar bill that he told me I can use for emergencies…wouldn’t that be awesome if it worked?! :)

My million dollar bill from Tuck!

My million dollar bill from Tuck!

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8 Comments

  1. Terry Aufranc / September 4, 2013 at 4:38 pm /

    Tuck is a genius. That is even better than the money machine at the bank

  2. Kate / September 4, 2013 at 7:35 pm /

    Best $1000000 ever! Can I have one????

  3. John Kramer / September 5, 2013 at 1:17 am /

    Absolutely brilliant!

  4. laurakelso / September 6, 2013 at 1:11 am /

    I like the President on Tuck’s bill – it’s about time for a woman to be Commander-in-Chief! He is so forward-thinking. :)

  5. Stephanie Craig (@steffinseattle) / September 6, 2013 at 6:21 pm /

    Nice Tuck! Who needs plastic. 😉

  6. Marjie Milligan / September 7, 2013 at 1:39 am /

    That piece of paper is certainly worth a million dollars to you, how sweet he is.

  7. Muff / September 8, 2013 at 1:09 am /

    “If I had a million $$$$ . . .” Hint, hint.

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