Well, as I thought, May was a rough month. We had one really long trip of about 6 hours each way that we drove to a friends wedding. At $3.49 a gallon, that eats into your gas budget a little. Obviously, we were unable to avoid going over that part unless we just didn’t go [...]
We haven’t finished the numbers up just yet, but preliminarily I can say that May was a rough month. Several weddings and trips (to weddings and for work) cost us. The price of gas didn’t help with that either. Nor did being on the road and having to eat out.
In the end, we’ll still come [...]
Well, we’ve successfully made it through our second full month of the Total Money Makeover. I say successful because we are making some great strides towards our goal of being debt free (except for a mortgage) and having complete control of our money.
In April, we ended up with a little extra income that we [...]
The end of March officially was the end of the first month in our Total Money Makeover adventure. It’s officially been a lesson in our personal finance dilemma.
Our results are slightly mixed but certainly lean towards the positive. We had a little bit of trouble setting our initial budget and had to make [...]
As I’ve noted in a few earlier posts(here, here, here, and here), my wife and I are making an effort to partake in a Total Money Makeover. It’s been interesting as we’ve learned quite a bit about our money and where it actually goes. Further, it’s given us a better perspective of where [...]
Inspired by Dave and his Total Money Makeover, my Wife and I have been wading through our finances and the worksheets putting things together and getting things in order.
I really had thought that we had our finances under control. We’ve had a few issues, but mostly we keep pretty good records and pretty good [...]
I’ve got the ING account all set up and tied to my Credit Union account as well as to my PayPal account. The beauty of that is that I will be able to siphon off some of the profit from our little side eBay business in order to meet our savings goals.
What are our [...]
I’ve had Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover on my reading list for quite a while and when I received it for Christmas, it got bumped up a little ways. I’m nearly half way through it and so far am quite impressed.
In theory, what Dave has had to say seems to be pretty good advice. [...]
