I know it seems early to be bringing up Christmas (especially with the economy possibly crumbling around us), but the displays are going up in stores, so I guess it’s never too early to starting thinking about it. For the last...
As I was in the line at Home Depot with all the supplies to redo our bathroom, I did something I haven’t done in years The seed was planted by an extremely helpful employee in the bathroom section and by the...
I feel silly. I just found out that there is already someone out there blogging under the name “The Debt Defier.” Here is her blog She hasn’t posted anything since May. But she cold start up again at any moment since...
Over the past holiday weekend my family stopped by my wife’s parents house for a quick visit. We had a dinner and were able to catch up a little. One of the things that was brought up was that the neighbor...
I wanted to share this well written article by one of my favorite authors Seth Godin. He eloquently writes about why we easily fixated on getting lucky and path of personal effort. Is Effort A Myth? It seems that the bigger...
Back in March I dissected the best cash back credit cards to see which one would net me the most free money. My calculations had me receiving $345 dollars of cash back each year from the Chase Freedom card. Well in...
I received a ton of good comments on my last post about my bailout option. They were loaded with valuable input. I am constantly thankful for how nice it is to have such a knowledgeable and sharing group to ask these...
When I look at both Obama and McCain and compare them to common sense personal finance, I realize that both candidates are the same. Neither of them get it. Both candidates have plans that are so far away from fiscal responsibility...
Another page has been added to our selling the van story. You long time readers can skip ahead, but if you want to catch up here is the first part, and here is the second part. Now for the third installment...
A co-worker shared this blog post by Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball team, with me and I thought it was fascinating. For those that don’t know Mark Cuban is a rags to riches stories who went from...
