Monthly Archives: June, 2007
Protecting My Family, My Health, My Automobiles, And My Stuff
I just finished sending a payment to my automobile insurance company. As with most things related to “personal finance”, sending the payment got me to thinking about the blog. I realized that I’ve never written a post specifically about the types of insurance I have. So, here goes: Health Insurance: My wife is an educator, [...]
Guest Posts And This Week’s Personal Finance Carnivals
Two of my favorite personal finance bloggers, Nickel (from Five Cent Nickel) and Ben (from Money Smart Life) have taken a few days off, and I wrote guest posts for their sites. I wrote about The U-Turn: How My Debt Reduction Journey Began for Five Cent Nickel. I wrote about Swinging Away At Personal Finance [...]
Baby Steps Rock But It’s Also Fun To Crawl And Run
I’m a huge fan of Dave Ramsey and his “Baby Steps” (pdf). I love the way that he sets out seven, basic steps for debt reduction, retirement, and financial security. Personally, I think that the most important Baby Steps are the first two: Have a $1000 mini-emergency fund and then use a debt snowball to [...]
Driving And Drivers (Cars, Vans, Golf Clubs)
My wife and I are considering selling three automobiles and replacing them with two ‘newer’ automobiles. After reading several comments, I thought I’d take a minute to write about “why” we now own three automobiles. Four years ago, my wife was driving the Honda Accord and I was driving the Ford F150. We were happy [...]
