On our road trip two weekends ago, C and I discussed the possibility of moving to a nearby community where the public schools are top notch. Since we’ve been talking about schools and private schooling, simply moving to the other side of Lake Washington and getting some of the best public education options in the country seems like it should be on the table. Because I like numbers, I ran the following scenarios. The 3 yearsread more…
Day Amount Place Category Wednesday $14.50 Safeway Groceries Thrusday $28.00 Rx Dog Food Pets Friday $45.00 Gas Car Saturday $212.25 CostCo Groceries $94.50 Safeway Groceries It was a good week and good weekend. We had one of C’s college friends over for a ribs on Sunday, and that was the extent of our excitement. Oh- and my hockey team, the New Jersey Devils, beat the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference series and will startread more…
Welcome to the Carnival of Financial Simplicity! Doesn’t that sound nice- simple finances. If only, right? That was actually my main criteria in choosing posts to include in this carnival- How easy were they for me to understand? Did they seem to make financial ideas or concepts simpler? And of course, did I enjoy reading them? Editor’s Picks For those of you who don’t know me, or haven’t spent time here before, I’m a personalread more…
There’s won’t be a “What I’m Reading” post today because I’m hosting the Carnival of Financial Simplicity tomorrow. Due to that, and the weekend lasting through Monday, our regular Sunday Evening Post will be made Monday evening. What you may not know about me is that I come from a military family. My brother serviced, my father and uncles served, both of my grandfather’s served. C’s father and grandfathers served. J served. Memorial Day is aread more…
I know, I know, you are reading a personal finance blog. You probably already know the myriad of reasons you need an emergency fund, you don’t really need me to give you another. And yet, this one experience, besides being an actual emergency, touches on so many of the reasons you need an emergency fund, that I cannot help but share it with you. Last week, my admin woke up one morning with her faceread more…
Trying to be Responsible My mother is short selling her house. As she was looking at her finances last year, she came to the realization that once she retires at the end of this summer, she would not be able to afford her mortgage payment. Being the responsible person she is, my mother started working almost a year ago with a real estate agent, an attorney, and the banks (she has two banks, one holds theread more…
Day Amount Place Category Tuesday $66.00 Diablo 3 Allowance Wednesday $192.00 Amazon.com House Friday $35.00 outback Eating Out Saturday $15.00 mattress recycle House $30.50 buffalo wild wings Eating Out $54.00 Gas Car Sunday $53.00 Gas Car $63.00 Target House $44.00 Lowes House I actually felt really in control this week. I didn’t spend any money Monday-Thursday. C bought Diablo 3, but that was planned, and he’s the one that placed our Amazon order on Wednesday. Theread more…
We decided last minute to do a run down to Portland this afternoon. That means my time is even more limited than normal, so instead of the normal guided tour, today you just get the links to what I’ve been reading. Another Housewife I Am Me (someday, I hope to be as good a mom as Mrs C) Frugal Beautiful Frugal Confession: I Bout a Pair of $600 Louboutins & I’m Still Frugal Money Crushread more…
I should have a backlog of posts written, but I don’t. So no post tonight. I had a medical procedure on my neck today and sitting at the computer is slightly more difficult than I imagined it would be. I am fine. This was a minor procedure done as a precautionary measure. But my neck hurts. I feel a little bit like I was bit by a vampire, and have a couple of marks to makeread more…
I had meant for today’s blog post to be about short sales, as my mother is currently going through one. But that’s a kind of long and somewhat complicated post, and I just did not have time to write it today. So instead, you are getting this reminder to do regular shredding of your financial documents. Avoid Identity Theft- Shred Your Documents In cleaning and organizing, we are going through all the random paper we haveread more…
