Well, this week has not been so great. I have been making a point to blog and write a little more – more than usual. It wasn’t until a few days into it that I realized that some of my spelling was a little off.
I went for coffee with a buddy and mentioned my problem. [...]
We decided to go shopping today at one of our local retailers. We just wanted to get out of the house and see what is out there.
Well, were we in for a pleasant surprise.
You see, we stumbled upon camping gear. Now this may not sound too exciting to you but what was exciting was that [...]
Well, I seem to have a few extra dollars kicking around in my bank account and I need something to use them for. I like to keep as much of my money working for me as possible with the highest return and the lowest risk. So, today I decided to look at real estate south [...]
Part of our Christmas letter that we send out every year is our personal finance news to the family. Now, this may seem kind of weird, but for us it helps us both measure our success as well as stay accountable to someone (that being our family).
I have started to work on this years Christmas [...]
My grandfather has always been a big fan of football. Even as a child, I remember going to football games with him, having a hotdog, a cheering at the top of my lungs.
Well, I am an adult now. I needed to get something for him for his 81st birthday – but what do you get [...]
I was talking to the mother of our neighbor today. Her daughter Melissa has had a problem with drugs for the last two years that I have known her. She has progressively become more unstable to the point where her children have been taken away.
This was the last straw for her – she checked herself [...]
If you own a home (or plan to at some point) there are a number of financial products that you will probably use (unless you are independently wealthy). I will discuss some of them below.
First off, we should talk about mortgages. It is the loan you will get to buy your home. Financing for these [...]
I have been trying to setup my basement the way I want it. You see, my wife finally got her scrapbooking room, so now it is my turn. The deal was she would get her room and I would get mine.
I’ve decided to go with a motif similar to a pool hall. So I have [...]
Well, we have finally succumbed to the fact that we don’t have enough cupboard space in our kitchen. We need more, and there is space, so we have decided to build an island.
We are lucky that my father-in-law is a carpenter. He said he was willing to help us next weekend build the cabinet provided [...]
Well, it has been a couple of weeks now since my daughter turned two. And well… it has been a handful. She doesn’t stay in bed when you put her to bed, it is a fight to get her to use her utensils at meals, and she won’t keep her diaper on.
Our biggest problem so [...]
