Jana over at DailyMoney $hot has her own shiny new domain. You should go visit her and tellher how awesome she is, because she is. While you’re there, make sure you read the guest post fromNiki at Debt Free By Thirty, whoencourages us to StopStoring and Organizing and Just Get Rid of Your Stuff. If you read my lastpost with my 7 goals for the rest of this year, you know this is something Ineed toread more…
So I’m not certain if the “7 Things” posts started with Wemay be poor, but we are happy or Making Senseof Cents. What I do know is that I stole it via TheHappy Homeowner. Since in my last post I decided that I needed to come upwith some new goals, I thought this would be a good way to do it, along withreminding myself of the things we have already accomplished. 7 Things We Have Doneread more…
Exhausted today and just not feeling inspired about anything. I have a post I want to write about how the mortgage world has changed in the last 40 years, and how the rules of the 1970s really can’t apply to today’s mortgages because of the inflation of property values, but it needs a little more research so I know I’m using accurate numbers first. I turned to the blogs I read for inspiration, but while Iread more…
I feel like if I try and follow my normal Sunday EveningPost format it will be disingenuous. On Friday we spent $1.50. On Saturday, wedidn’t spend any money, and today we spent under $11. So it would seem like alow spend weekend, and technically it was, but… My father arrived on Tuesday. We went out to dinner thatnight, despite not really having the room in our eating out budget. OnWednesday, we spent over $50 at variousread more…
Sometimes the journey out of debt or just to a better financial picture can be long and tedious. It gets tiring, and you just get sick of it all. In order to counteract this fatigue, I choose financial milestones that I am looking forward to meeting as little points of celebration along the way. This week, we hit a milestone that I have been looking forward to meeting for a LONG time. I graduated in Mayread more…
Last week, some very good friends of ours (who live less than a mile from us) had their house broken in to. A few days later, one of their cars was broken in to. While no one currently thinks the events were related (there have been a rash of car break ins in the neighborhood), it combined for an emotionally and financially stressful week. On Friday night, we showed up on their doorstep with a bucketread more…
Spendy weekend with more eating out than normal, but I won’tcomplain. Friday Husband Lunch: KiddValley $12.13 Gas: $88.16 (filled the tank + 3 gas cans) Dinner: KFC $31.67 (fed 6 people) Activities: DogPark Hanging out with friends- Good friends of ours had their house broken into on Wednesday and one of their cars vandalized on Friday morning. We showed up on their doorstep for moral and nutritional support. No, KFC is not that nutritional, but I’mread more…
I belong to a writing critique group because without them, my fiction writing would be nearly non-existent. I love to write. I love to tell stories, and yet, without the external motivation provided by this (amazing) group of people, I wouldn’t write. I wouldn’t commit those stories to paper. You may wonder what this has to do with personal finances. Well, the same thing Weight Watchers has to do with losing weight. Sometimes personal motivation isread more…
Each month, my husband and I get an allowance. I don’t pull it out in cash, it just gets calculated on a spread sheet, but its there. One of the hard things for people- especially couples – who use an allowance system is determining what comes out of the allowance and what doesn’t. Like any of the decisions people make about their personal finances, I’m not certain that there is a right or wrong answer. Thereread more…
First, some Thank Yous…Jana @ Daily Money Shot and Gin @ Frugal Students – Thank you both (again) for your amazing guest posts. I am so blessed to have online friends like you, who I not only enjoy “talking” to, but learning from every week. You are both amazing. Yakezie Summer Group 4 – I can’t believe its already time for new groups. You guys were great. My Alexa rankings have fallen from over 7 millionread more…
