Way back when, in the summer of 2001, my husband reenlisted in the military. His job rate allowed him to receive a bonus payment for doing so and neither of us had ever experienced having that much money all at once. We didn’t blow it on toys, clothes, movies or anything like that ~ we [...]
About a year and a half ago we applied for (and recieved) a home equity loan for our other house. We decided we would use almost half of it as a downpayment on this house and the other half fixing up the other house. The application process was really easy for us as we have [...]
Starting in February, I’m going to be out of the house at least three days a week. We already have gymnastics so adding another day for errands isn’t that big of a deal.
But on Monday I somehow convinced myself that I *had* to have a Griffin Roadtrip for my iPod for the car since I [...]
I for the first time this month went grocery shopping over the weekend. I went with a list though I did buy extras. My extras included sale items only though so that’s okay. I ended up spending $320 (including tip). I was so excited to get the bill - mostly because I had two carts [...]
This paycheck coming up is the first of our pay raise. My budget does not take that money into account. That money will go directly to a credit card. We should be able to have it down by at least $800 before we are able to pay it off with the tax refund.
Knowing we can [...]
So my Dad calls me earlier and tells me about my cousin who bought a car off of eBay. Apparently my cousin (who lives in Idaho) bought an Audi from someone living on Boston. It was in great condition so he and his brother flew out there, then drove home. My Dad was calling to [...]
Do you get extras for a service you are paying?
Extra tv channels that came with your digital cable package? The ability to take trash to get thrown away at the dumpster if you miss trash pick up for two weeks in a row?
Yes, that happened to us. If there is a holiday during the week, [...]
Along with searching for a house comes searching for mortgage information. I’ve played with calculators to find out what our payment would be at various percentage rates and at different years. I never looked for interest only information because we were never interested.
Check out this site for twelve different mortgage calculators. They also [...]
I admit it, I’m not the greatest file-r of all time. I usually have a stack of papers that waits (and thus grows) for at least a month before I put it away. I do shred junk mail the day it arrives and pay all but one bill online. The other bill (water bill) I [...]
I am (most of the time) all for DIY when it comes to fixing up or maintaining your home. We did a lot of work to our other house ourselves, or with the help of friends.
Check out this blog about a 1916 Craftsman Bungalow. The Dave and Anna have bought this small Craftsman Home and [...]