Category: Life’s Expenses

Since my wife starts her new job within two weeks we are both trying to get all the little things done in our lives that take away from the focus and attention she’ll have to devote to that for a while.  I’m following suit in the hopes that I’ll have a new job soon too.  The verbal offer I got still hasn’t materialized into a written offer so I’m back on the job hunt in the meantime. 

We both took our …

The debate over good debt and bad debt may never be agreed upon.  Pick any day and you can find an article written about the benefits of borrowing money to fund certain major purchases such as a mortgage for a house or a loan for a car or something more frivolous.  I’m adding to the articles that do not think debt is good for most people.

People start getting into financial trouble with bad credit card debt which is a type of loans to deal with.  Those who …

We’re trying to plan for our next big vacation and I started to wonder how much should we spend on a vacation.  For various reasons we haven’t been on a vacation in four years and we came back from that one pregnant.  We missed vacations over the past few years due to being pregnant, having a newborn, starting a new job for my wife, saving for a house and feared unemployment for me.  We’re getting past all of that and …