Savings Story

NCN Savings Update 5A

I did not like the look of that uneven amount in my savings account, so I added another 153 dollars for an even 6100 dollars. I have saved over 30 percent of my goal. Yes! Check out the NCN Network page for my chart. Scroll down the right-hand side for more updates and table/chart combos.

Savings Story

You’re Safe!

I received both my federal and state tax refunds this week, and I promptly deposited them in my ING direct savings account. I now have 5947 in savings. To put this in perspective, at this time last year we owed over 11.5k in debt, with NO savings or money in our checking accounts. We were flat broke. Now, we have…

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Family

All Aboard…!

Waaaaay back in April of 2005, right before I started this blog, an event occurred which changed my financial life. My wife and I sat down and created a budget. Yes, we sat down, worked together, and formulated our spending plan. This single meeting lead to much of our “personal finance” success. We were, and are, on the same page.…

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