Debt • Finances & Money • Home
For the last 3 years, we've been on a mission to pay off our non-home debt. In that time, we've paid off about $82,000! You can track our current status in the debt scales in the sidebar. But now we've decided to switch from paying down our car … [Read more...] about Changing Gears on Our Debt Repayment
Every car is slightly (or significantly) different in the engine compartment, but most cars follow general rules regarding how to change their oil. In this article, I'll describe my own methods for changing oil, which I've done for the last 5 … [Read more...] about How To Change Your Car’s Engine Oil
Family or Marriage • Finances & Money • Home
A few weeks ago, when I learned our house and truck have devalued quite a bit, a personal friend of mine who calls himself "Realist" here a guy called "JiggyPete" who commented as "Realist" (NOT my personal friend "realist" who refuses to punctuate … [Read more...] about Riches do not equal Prosperity
Family or Marriage • Finances & Money
Last week, I announced we were selling our 1997 Pontiac Grand Am to a relative. Well on Friday evening, we battled traffic for 4.5 hours to get to Pennsylvania (normally takes under 3.5 hours) in 2 vehicles to get to Stacie's parent's house. The … [Read more...] about Getting a car without earning it
J. Money (formerly J. Savings) proved this week that there's still a market, however small, for SUVs. He sold his Toyota Highlander for a loss after having it up for sale for weeks. The interesting part was the buyer paid $19,000 in cold, hard cash! … [Read more...] about Still a market for SUVs
Family or Marriage • Finances & Money
So we have 3 cars for two people right now. Do you think we're selling the 2005 MINI Cooper? What, are you kidding? My wife would kill me! Do you think we're selling the 2006 Honda Ridgeline? As much sense as it makes to dump this truck (get … [Read more...] about We’re selling a car! Guess which one
While scanning through my incoming links, I noticed a number of you are coming from USNews.com's recent article "9 Extreme Ways to Save". Feel free to stick around, browse through my articles and even consider subscribing to my RSS feed or email … [Read more...] about Welcome US News Readers!
Family or Marriage • Finances & Money • Frugality
One of the reasons I recently drove the speed limit for 200 miles was because I was shocked to learn that my perception of reality for the last 30 years was a bit off. Growing up, I always recalled my dad driving pretty fast. While I won't blame … [Read more...] about Getting to the root of your habits
