Please, please, please, forgive me for not posting in, like, a month! I think I have a good excuse, though! I gave birth to our beautiful baby girl, J, on October 13 very early in the morning! She and I are doing great, and now that we have settled into a routine, I am back and have missed … [Read more...]
Favorite Posts Roundup!
Good Morning! I have been absent this past week due to lost of excitement surrounding the impending birth of baby RB40, but alas, she still has still not made her appearance! Check out some of the amazing posts I found while I was out:How to make room for redecorating in your budget - Get Rich … [Read more...]
Favorite Posts Roundup
The Big Guy and I had family in town for the weekend and while it was fun, it was also crazy! There were many, many good posts this week, but I have only posted a few here due to time constraints :-)The 1500's included me in their post Ask the Readers: Do you spend or save your coins? Head over … [Read more...]
Would You Listen To A Timeshare Presentation To Get A Discount on Vacation?
The Big Guy and I need a vacation. Badly. After Baby RB40 gets here.Anyone else with me?Recently, some of our friends took a trip to Big Cedar, The Bass Pro Shops Resort near Gatlinburg, TN. All told, they paid $799 plus tax for a 7-day vacation - and they received $225 in gift cards that … [Read more...]
Would You Listen To A Timeshare Presentation To Get A Discount on Vacation?
The Big Guy and I need a vacation. Badly. After Baby RB40 gets here.Anyone else with me?Recently, some of our friends took a trip to Big Cedar, The Bass Pro Shops Resort near Gatlinburg, TN. All told, they paid $799 plus tax for a 7-day vacation - and they received $225 in gift cards that … [Read more...]
FMLA Sucks….Find Out Why
Not going to lie, today's post is a little depressing. Stick with me though, because there is a silver lining :-)The Family Medical Leave Act, also known as FMLA, is viewed by many Americans as a blanket insurance policy protecting their job in case of the birth or adoption of a child, serious … [Read more...]
Check out the 1500’s!
If you're not reading 1500 Days To Freedom, you should be :-) Why, you ask? I will tell you in their own words:"My goal is to build a portfolio of $1,000,000 by February of 2017; 1500 days from the birth of this blog (January 1, 2013). At that time, I'll be 43 and ready to retire. I'll … [Read more...]
Favorite Posts Roundup!
Net Worth of $160,000,000 and Working in Food Service - EconomagI Do Not Have It All Together - Cat @ Budget BlondeHow "Everything Else" Works - Our Freaking BudgetFinding Quality Tenants - Michelle @ Making Sense of Cents: I would love to see a follow-up post on this!What Is Your Financial … [Read more...]
We Reduced our Debt by $11,276.69 (In One Day)!
As if paying off that much debt wasn't great enough, we reduced our monthly expenses by $386.00 as you can see in my Budget - Before and After Baby (In Theory)How did we do it?We sold one of our cars! Seems like a simple solution, right? It actually was, but we didn't expect it to be. We … [Read more...]
Budget – Before and After Baby (In Theory)
Baby RB40 is scheduled to be here in just over 4 weeks! In light of this, I thought I would take a look at our budget now, and what I may look like after she arrives.Obviously if you are reading this, you have probably done a budget for yourself (and maybe even others) at some point in your … [Read more...]
