The Money Pit Sprang a Leak

Friday, June 27th, 2008

This was a good news, bad news week.  The good news is the tax stimulus rebate check really did show up.  Half of the $1200 went into the emergency fund and half on the car debt which is almost gone.  I had hopes of finishing that off by the end of July, but now am […]

Tax Stimulus Check

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Two days ago I received a notice that we are going to be receiving a tax stimulus check of $1,200.  I’m wondering why they are wasting so much money sending out these notices.  They could have just sent the check instead of the notice.  I’m thinking we as a country could come a lot closer […]

2008 Financial Goals Nearly Met

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

In late November 2007 Patrick at Cash Money Life asked us to make SMART goals.  S – specific M – measurable A – actionable R – realistic T – timely These are my SMART goals for 2008: My main financial goal for 2008 is to pay off a no interest x 1 year purchase of a new […]