Finding the right hotel is essential to having an enjoyable vacation, especially when you are staying for several nights. With our vacation we had planned to stay in a hotel near Universal Studios Orlando for four nights. With a total of 7 people (Myself, Mrs C., our 4 kids, all …
In March of 2009 Mrs. C. and I bought our 2004 Honda Odyssey for around $15,000. We had always driven beater cars and had a string of 3 in a row that lasted less than a year, including one we had to replace the transmission in twice. We chose to …
I try to teach our kids about the value of money that the importance of work to make money to pay bills and to buy things we need and want. Overall I think Mrs. C. and I do a pretty good job of this. Throughout the year it is extremely …
Moments ago I made the first large step towards accelerating our mortgage. I transferred $5,000 to our loan, dropping our balance to below $100,000 and taking over 2 years off the back end of the mortgage. I originally wanted to throw closer to $10,000 at the house, but fell short …