Posted by: zpetals on: April 6, 2009
We had to run down to CarpenterBoy’s hometown last week, when his father had another stroke; I got the call when I was teaching and rushed home, and we got things together for the normally 6 hour drive (that took us 8 hours that day). We had to rent a car and cancel a LOT [...]
Posted by: zpetals on: March 23, 2009
Lately, I haven’t had any time to work on this blog, and haven’t had much time or inclination to work on our financial goals. Sure, I’ve paid things on time, even way in advance of due dates (I’m trying to get at least a month ahead rather than living paycheck to paycheck) but, for the [...]
Posted by: zpetals on: February 26, 2009
I’m pretty excited. I just ran some numbers in regards to tomorrow’s paychecks (mine) and next week’s paychecks (my husband’s), and it’s definitely going to be a good few days for getting our financial balls rolling again. As I stated before, February has been an odd, hard month for us; I wasn’t paid at all in January [...]
Posted by: zpetals on: January 26, 2009
As the person who takes care of our family’s finances, one thing I often worry about is what will happen when I die. I worry that CarpenterBoy won’t be equipped to deal with everything in the event of my death. I worry that CarpenterBoy really doesn’t have a good handle on money management, yet. I [...]
Posted by: zpetals on: January 23, 2009
I read this very interesting article today in the New Yorker about the new stimulus package that President Obama, his economic team, and Congress are working to finalize. I was unaware how this stimulus money would be distributed; I had just assumed that it would be a lump sum check, like the one last year. [...]
Posted by: zpetals on: January 11, 2009
In order to truly get your financial life to heal, so to speak, you should take some time to reflect on how you got to the place you are now, financially. Meaning: you’ve got to try to understand where you are coming from in order to get to where you want to be. If your [...]
