Archive for the 'Personal Finance' Category
It is time to rejoice, for my dear husband’s student loan is vanquished at last!
I never even set eyes on our $1200 stimulus check because Chris snagged it from the mailbox while I was at work and deposited it to our shared checking account before I got home. When the check posted the next day, [...]
I just read about this collaborative blog today on Yahoo Finance:
How I Spent My Stimulus
Readers submit a photo and a brief story about how they spent their stimulus payments.
Check it out and contribute!
Because my husband and I requested a split tax refund earlier this year, we didn’t receive our paper economic stimulus check from Uncle Sam until today, but I know that most of you have already gotten your money and distributed it either to savings, debt repayment, or, in a few cases, out into the economy [...]
How much did you spend on your wedding?As our first wedding anniversary approaches in July and the official summer wedding season kicks off down here in central Florida, I’ve been reflecting back on our wedding last year and looking over the budget spreadsheet to see if there was anything I regretted on it.
Chris and I were married last year for just under [...]
It’s been four months since Chris and I began our slightly modified Total Money Makeover plan, and despite our lack of what author Dave Ramsey dubs “gazelle intensity,” we’ve made some decent progress toward eliminating out non-mortgage debt. If you count the $4200 home equity line of credit we knocked out from September 2007-January 2008 [...]
Taking Baby Steps & Rolling the Debt SnowballAs most of you know, my husband and I have been following the steps in Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover (TMM) book since the start of the year. Actually, we inadvertently got started last September with a more limited plan to aggressively pay off the $4200 we put on our HELOC in June when [...]
1/25/08 Log: $150 Billion Stimulus PackageI weighed in at 142.0 lbs flat this morning, so the fat is definitely burning off again, albeit slowly. I’m starting to notice the changes in my arms and midsection now, so I’m happy. PMS water retention is most likely at play right now, too, which means that I’ll very likely be sub-141 in a [...]
12/6/07 Log: Xmas Skates and Baby StepsCalories were a bit high yesterday at 1705 cal (35% carb/40% pro/25% fat), but still within the range recommended in Dr. Mohr’s guidelines for a 140 lb female. I had some extra BBQ pork last night when I got home, alas, probably rationalized subconsciously as a reward for skipping the holiday party at my [...]