Quarter 3 was a tough quarter for us, both financially and emotionally. I’m going to try to cover this quarter in chronological order rather than by category. July I’m off work during the summer so I have all day with the kids. Our summers seem to be jam packed all …
5 years ago I started this blog to give myself a voice on personal finance and to continue my education on personal finance. Now 320+ articles and 410,000+ words later I have built a website that I’m super proud that helps over 200,000 people a year. I am very thankful …
Our second quarter was filled with 3 fun mini-vacations and of course the start of summer break! I was laid off (planned seasonally) the first week of May. This is a blessing in that it gives our family a lot of time for summer fun and saves us from even …
2018 has been rocky for the first quarter for us. We spent quite a bit over our projected budget, largely due to medical spending which totaled just shy of $4,000 for the quarter. The stock market overall was down for this quarter which muted a lot of our contributions. We …