Just wanted to let all of you know that I got a call from my mother-in-law (Stacie was unavailable at work) that my future nephew is on his way into this world. My sister-in-law was due almost a week and a half ago, but that little boy just … [Read more...] about New Dude on the way!
A couple months ago, I talked about how sharing money works for our marriage, and one comment really stood out. I want to reprint the comment in its entirety here. I won't share any of my own ideas about the method that Tim and his wife use in their … [Read more...] about Joint Accounts: One for you, One for me, One for us
Broke-A** Student (censored) hosted this week's Carnival of Personal Finance #108 and featured my article "Money and Marathons: Guess what, they're related" in her editor's picks. Thanks Jennifer! Here are some of my favorite personal finance … [Read more...] about Best finance articles from Carnival of Personal Finance #108
As you know, I did some major repairs to our pool pump and pool plumbing. I recently spent $400 on a new pool pump, which runs like a dream compared to the old one, but I had even more work to do. Before I replaced the pump, I had to repair some PVC … [Read more...] about Pools are expensive: $85 Plastic
Back in early March, I posted about how our free digital cable was worthless as we only got a few extra channels (mostly PBS). To refresh your memory, Comcast offered us 12 months of free digital cable just for being basic cable subscribers. We … [Read more...] about Ok, the free digital cable isn’t totally worthless
We've found the first stupid person in the iPhone sales comedy: Watch the stupid lady spend $1,300 for an iPhone If you can't watch the video, here's the short of it: Lady brings $16,000 cash to buy up all the iPhones at an AT&T store … [Read more...] about Read the Fine Print: Paying $1300 for a single iPhone
