Sold the Silverware!

April 17, 2012

Well we finally did it. As you may recall from an earlier post my wife and I were deciding whether to sell our silverware that had been given to us by my parents. And surprisingly, they did not care if we sold it or not – they did not have any emotional attachment to it. [...]

Sunday Thought

April 15, 2012

Sometimes we don’t succeed because we don’t really try. Oh we may talk about it, even work at it a little, but our heart is not into it and we don’t put much effort into the task. This is true in multiple areas of our life – financial, relational, spiritual… If we really want to [...]

We Lost Ten Dollars

April 11, 2012

A few weeks ago we went shopping at Kohl’s for some clothing for the family. We spent enough that we received  $10 in “store cash”. My wife went to check the certificate yesterday and it was expired! Bummer – ten dollars gone. So after complaining a bit we are coming up with a system to [...]

Spring Cleaning

April 10, 2012

I have a love/hate relationship with spring cleaning. I hate the work and the time it takes, but I love the results -getting the house organized and removing the junk. Another thing I like is that I can make a little money off of it! Sometimes we have items to sell (yard sale, etc.); sometimes [...]

Sunday Thought

April 8, 2012

Happy Easter! The Good News as found in Luke 24:1-6: 1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find [...]

First Quarter Extra Income

April 5, 2012

In the first three months we have been able to make an extra $1,185. I’m pretty happy with that. We have to make money in unconventional ways since my work hours are too variable to get a regular part time job and my wife needs to be able to stay home with the children (i.e. [...]

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