Budgeting
Teaching Your Kids Dollars and Sense
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Tomorrow is a big day at the Mauder household… Our 19 year old daughter is finally moving out on her own.
Yup, she found a small studio apartment and signed a rental agreement. Of course, she only has a part time job that pays around $200 per week, she has zero savings, and up until […]
Getting Started on the Road to Financial Freedom
Sunday, May 6th, 2007I’ve been to so many personal finance sites that just blog about new topics all the time, but they don’t offer guidance on what do first, second, and so on. They just expect you to read all their posts and figure it out for yourself.
That approach doesn’t work for me, and I suspect it doesn’t […]
A Quick Update on Envelope Budgeting Software
Friday, December 8th, 2006Back on the financial front for a moment… The subject of budgeting came up today at work (don’t ask me how) and I was telling a coworker about the way I currently budget using the envelope system. As I was sitting here this evening reflecting on the whole conversation, it seemed like a great opportunity […]
The Holy Grail of Budgeting
Thursday, March 23rd, 2006Until November of last year, my idea of budgeting was listing all our expense categories on a spreadsheet, assigning amounts to each one, comparing the totals to our monthly income, and updating it once a month. I never really tracked our actual income & expense transactions against the spreadsheet, so it was pretty much useless […]
Financial Troubles Can Hit Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006If you read my article, “How a Trailer Park Changed My Life“, then you already have a pretty good idea that I’m just as human as anyone else. Back in 2003 when we moved into the modular home, things were starting to go downhill a bit financially and we were making attempts to remedy it. […]
SNL Skit: “Don’t Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford”
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006I saw this over at It’s Your Money recently and thought it was hilarious so I had to share it! I don’t normally watch SNL (Saturday Night Live) so I obviously didn’t see this when it aired. So if you missed it like I did, here’s the Steve Martin skit from the February 11 SNL […]