Fun fact about me is that I love to read. Somewhere in second or third grade, I discovered historical fiction and biographies. These and the Sweet Valley series made up most of my reading in elementary school. I’m not a “trendy” reader: I’ve never read any of the Harry Potter books, none of the Hunger Games…
Since a vast majority of military members are male and a good number married, it’s only natural that their wives get together. Officers’ wives have a grand, old tradition of “coffee groups” where the ladies meet up for coffee or lunch and gossip shamelessly (see the show “Army Wives” for perpetration of said stereotype). Mac’s…
So Dave Ramsey’s plan is based on completing seven baby steps to financial peace. His books discuss these at length and how to accomplish them. Step 1: Start an emergency fund of $1000. Status: Done. As I mentioned before, we have some money saved up. Step 2: Pay down debt with the debt snowball. Status:…
I’ve jumped off the deep end and am chugging the Dave Ramsey Kool-Aid. Hell, I stayed up till 2:30 am reading and finished the book today. Overall, I’ve realized that my parents did a really job teaching me about money; I just did a bad job of learning. Hindsight, thou art a heartless bitch. I…
Today, I started reading Dave Ramsey’s Complete Guide to Money. The in-laws were visiting last week, and Madre-in-law bought a copy of this book and Dave’s The Total Money Makeover for us. I first encountered Dave Ramsey because one of my cousins and her hubby took his Financial Peace University class through their church. Basically,…
Than to receive. Since it’s still the beginning of October, many of the local stores are almost bursting to the seams with Christmas decor and crafts. Yes, I do say Christmas. The other night, I found a Living Social deal where you pay $35 and receive a credit for $100 to Picaboo, a photo website….