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The State of Our Debt 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Even though I update our debt status at the end of every month, I figured that it would be handy to have it all in one place where I could look at it and discuss what brought the debt to us in the fir...
Lowering the Monthly Nut: Cell Phone Edition 23 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Earlier this year, I posted about how H and I were beginning to think about getting new phones. Our phones were about 3 years and 3 months old at the time. Our phones are pretty old at this point, and...
Lending Club Returns 1.5 Years 21 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
I havent done an update in a long time, and it’s mostly because I’m a bit sad about where my account is at the moment. During my last update, my lending club returns had sunk from 11% after 9 months t...
Plutus Awards 2013 18 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
It’s about this time of year again, when all the finance nerds with websites bloggers get together and ask all of their awesome readers for a few seconds of their time to nominate them and/or vote for...
Business Updates 17 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
For most of the past 12 months, I’ve been looking into non-traditional investments. Basically, I’ve defined these as things that most people normally wouldnt considering an investment, but will genera...
Marriage Finances Update 13 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
At the beginning of the second quarter, I posted about how H and I were still getting used to married finances. We had developed a plan to curb our spending, and I thought that we were going to make ...
Giveaway Winners 7 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
During June, we had a giveaway at sustainable life blog. The winner was set to recieve $150 cash, and there was also a shower head up for grabs for the next name drawn. I used random.org to draw the...
July 2013 Monthly Review 6 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
July, like June, was another big month for us. We celebrated our first anniversary in alaska, and lots of the money that we were spending on the house came due. Like I mentioned in last month, we go...
June 2013 Monthly Review 4 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm
June was a big month for us, as we did a whole lot of work on the house. We had a home energy audit, which pulled forward a lot of spending. After the audit, we decided to pull the trigger on insula...
Our Home Energy Audit 25 Jun 2013 | 03:15 pm
Recently when I was talking about our one year utility analysis, I mentioned that we had signed up for a home energy audit from the utility company. This service is provided by our utility free of ch...
