In my post "Against the grain: Why we chose an interest-only mortgage", I told you why we didn't get a normal 30-year mortgage when we bought our home 3 years ago. I explained why I don't think it was a stupid decision for our situation, but I … [Read more...] about Maxing out your home loan: 100% financing
Ever see a car made out of cake (and Jello, and all other kinds of good-tasting stuff)? See this Skoda cake car. Skoda is a European brand, and unfortunately, they don't actually sell this cake car. You can watch the commercial at the bottom of … [Read more...] about OMG, This makes me so hungry!
Yesterday, I told you my Verizon Wireless bill unexpectedly showed a 20% discount, even though I never asked for one. Today, I got a letter from Verizon Wireless: Dear Clever Dude (yep, they call me that too), Thank you for your continued … [Read more...] about The mystery deepens: Verizon 20% discount update
It appears that my host is having some major network and/or server problems. Quite a few sites were affected, but it appears to be resolved now. If it goes down again, well, I'll have a tantrum. Oh well, none of you read my site anyway, right? Oh … [Read more...] about Apologies for the downtime – August 16th
For some reason, Stacie and I never made it to the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in the 5 years we've lived here, but last night we went. We were joined by Nick and his wife on this special "date night". But it was no ordinary date. We went … [Read more...] about Monster Trucks and Deep-Fried Twinkies equals DATE NIGHT!
I got my monthly email from Bank of America to notify me of a new eBill from Verizon Wireless. Since the only thing that fluctuates is our text/pix costs, I opened up the email and was surprised with the wireless bill. We have 1000 shared family … [Read more...] about Unexpected Verizon Wireless 20% discount
No, we don't own a home in Malibu. Rather, we sold our 2005 Chevrolet Malibu this past weekend and are now down to 2 vehicles: a 1997 Pontiac Grand Am with 126,000 miles and a 2006 Honda Ridgeline RTS with about 17,000 miles. We actually did the … [Read more...] about Final Malibu Sale Update: What a relief!
Back in June, I asked "what's our next early payoff challenge". We have credit card, auto and student loan debt, plus our mortgage (but that doesn't count right now). I was really leaning towards paying off our credit card debt next, even though it's … [Read more...] about Classifying your debt: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
