We’re well into the month of May now, and after my April in the clouds financially, let’s see if I’m on track again… I ended up going back to my tried and true weekly payment system. I’d never done it with the auto loan before so I tested it out with a couple of e-payments [...] ... (more)

A guilty pleasure of mine is the television program Survivor. This season I think I may have missed one episode — and it only snuck by me because of some wacky scheduling on CBS because of March Madness College Basketball. Last night was the finale where they crowned the winner — Parvati outlasted Amanda to take the [...] ... (more)

The plumber came out yesterday morning and did his thing to fix our basement sewage problem. When I arrived home, after the bank incident, I took a trip down to the scary basement to see the fine workmanship. Eh, it looks alright. He tucked the new pipe real high and tight among the floor joists, which was nice, [...] ... (more)

I can’t really say that I’m good at making money. I also can’t say that I’m very good at saving money either. Neither is one of my strong points. I am, however, confident in saying that I’m very good at paying down debts. Yeah, I know, making money, saving money, and paying down debt should [...] ... (more)

Tonight I stopped by the bank on the way home from work — you know, the drive up ATM… Well the car in front of me was one of those beat-up used subcompacts like in the catchy FREE CREDIT REPORT .COM commercials. Seriously, it was even the same color. I didn’t pay them too much attention until they [...] ... (more)

Earlier this week I came upon a couple of acquaintances discussing some sort of financial matter. I didn’t get all of the details, but it was apparent that one was giving the other some advice. It was sad to me in that it was the one who is openly terrible with money doling [...] ... (more)

Well, I made a big mistake this morning… See, over the past few years we’ve had some major work done to the exterior of our 100+ year old house. New roof, new siding, new doors, some repaired brickwork, a new porch, basically — short of an addition — we’ve done it all. [...] ... (more)

So this morning I wrote and mailed the check for June’s mortgage payment. Sure, it’s a little early but had it not been for the Tax Stimulus check coming in last week, I wouldn’t have been able to write that check just yet. I’m not sure I feel stimulated by the experience. A