The title reminds of the “Before and After” categories on Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune, haha. So, I’m sitting in a hotel room in Asheville (tastefully decorated with bears, moose, and other woodsy touches) and have discovered no fewer than four holes in my socks. I’m currently splitting my attention between Pinterest and “Finding Bigfoot.”…
I was recently nominated for a Liebster Award by a dear reader, Stephanie at Share the Love. She has a great blog, so check her out! I’m extremely flattered because I kind of think that my blog sucks. And wonder why y’all read it. Thanks for sticking with me! The Liebster award is given by…
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…