I've talked recently about our new Jeep (which does NOT win awards for gas mileage) and while the mileage isn't of too much concern to us (even at $3.59 a gallon for gas). One reason for ... (more)

I saw an article this morning over at Minyanville (the financial education site for investors) where someone had forgotten to send in their payment on their American Express Blue Card. Fortunately, they had plenty ... (more)

1) Stop overspending. If you are spending more than you make you are getting deeper and deeper into a hole. The first step is therefore to get your spending under control. Make a weekly ... (more)

Unless you live under a rock, you've noticed that gasoline has gotten a tad expensive. Ever wondered where the money goes? According to CNN, it breaks down like this: -- 72% Producers (Exxon, Chevron, ... (more)

The last year has been good to us. We've improved our income and purged unhealthy debt -- the only debt we have that isn't locked in at 0% is our mortgage. We've controlled ... (more)

As you know (from my previous entry), we just bought a Jeep Wrangler. Furthermore, if you have followed along here you'll see that I did some curves a few months ago that help define ... (more)

This is not a perfect purchase from a financial point of view... However, I'm pretty happy with the choice. Before the new purchase of the new Wrangler (and yes, it's tricked out) we had two cars: ... (more)