This Saturday at the Washington D.C. Grand Hyatt Hotel (directions), the Freddie Mac Foundation, along with others, is sponsoring an Adoption Expo with more than 30 public and private adoption agencies, workshops, discussion groups, available … [Read more...] about Washington D.C. Adoption Expo – Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Uh-oh, we've hit the big one in our Examine Your Motives series: Having Kids! This is the discussion between Stacie and I that got the series started. Disclaimer: This is not intended at all to be an essay on why you should or shouldn't have kids. … [Read more...] about Examine Your Motives Series: Having Kids
Stacie and I were discussing some major topics recently such as having kids and buying a new car. As you may know, we recently sold our Chevy Malibu, and we've also been discussing adoption and biological birth pretty heavily. Then a light bulb … [Read more...] about Examine Your Motives Series: Introduction
May 15, 2009. That's when we'll have the remaining $54,737 of our debt paid off according to our budget. I actually plan my budget for 5 years down the road. It's not as crazy as you think, though, because I do a lot of copy and pasting. In … [Read more...] about Our Zero-Debt Goal Date is…
Do you think about your debt at least once a day? Do you worry about how you'll ever get out of debt? Do these questions sound like the beginning of an infomercial for a credit counselor? I think I have a problem, but you probably don't know our … [Read more...] about Is the thought of debt ruling your life?
Last year we ran the Marine Corp Marathon. I'm a fat guy (relatively), and definitely not a runner, ever. We finished ahead of about 1500 other finishers, but I was unhappy with my time and performance. I seemed to have forgotten the horrible … [Read more...] about A disappointing decision, but a relief
(I originally posted this article as a guest-post at Raising4Boys.com and gave an update on our progress here): Since we began dating, my wife Stacie and I have agreed that, if possible, we would adopt a child and also give birth to a biological … [Read more...] about Is Adoption for You? Costs, Choices and Decisions
You know, I wrote a guest post for Nickel (of FiveCentNickel.com fame) on his Raising4Boys site, and I totally forgot to mention it here! I did an extensive write-up of what we found so far while doing our adoption investigation. I highlight the … [Read more...] about Guest Article: Adoption Costs and Decisions
