The following is a guest post by a dear friend Ed(@ed_bruner) who is just months away from finally getting out from under $40,000+ in debt. Use cash to plug up the holes I assume every family budget has holes in it. ...
This is a guest post by PF blogger The Weakonomist @ Weakonomics.com. He is a twenty something who works for a major bank and unlike most PF blogger has stayed debt free. For those who aren’t familiar with his blog, click...
Lately I’m becoming an expert on the psychology of spending money, and it’s all thanks to my trusty radio. Last month I wrote about a story I heard on NPR which said that we can save money by carrying big bills. Earlier...
On more than one occasion I’ve mentioned my love of public radio, so it should come as no surprise that a piece I heard this past Sunday made my wheels turn. All Things Considered ran a story about a study which...
This year March went out as a Lion in my neck of the woods. This meant, yet another blizzard. So as I spent a couple of hours digging out my driveway and sidewalks, my thoughts turned once again to breaking down...
It’s a good thing that February is a short month, because we here at the DD household went WILD!!! Here is the latest breakdown of my family’s monthly expenses: $1032.00 – Investing $830.00 – Mortgage $664.10 – Health Insurance $639.00 –...
Millions of us just watched the Superbowl and its tradition to have a player yell at the camera and say that he’s going to Disney World (This year Ben Roethlisberger and Santonio Holmes got to go). We here at the DD household have...
The Happy Pebble(age 3) couldn’t contain his excitement as we pumped up a 3 foot long ‘rocket’ balloon and watched it sputter around the room. For him it was the joyous culmination of a life money lesson that he didn’t even...
Here is the latest installment of my family’s monthly expenses. Without further ado here’s the breakdown: $830.00 – Mortgage $759.00 – Daycare $664.10 – Health Insurance $484.69 – Electricity $452.50 – Groceries $180.00 – Pearl Jam $175.00 – Student Loan $158.23...
I’ve had to shovel snow at least once a day for the past 6 days. I’m sick of it! I live on a corner lot so that means I have two long sections of sidewalk to shovel within 24 hours after...