Journey to Financial Peace

Of course as expected, we were able to complete Baby Step #1  (Start an emergency fund, by saving $1000), thanks to our tax refund. I recognize that I’m merely getting back what I loaned Unckie Sam in the first place, but the money hit the right spot.  IN addition, we have $500 to pay the [...]

So we’re a month into this thing.  This week’s lesson on Dumping Debt was very encouraging, and also a bit discouraging … it’s discouraging for me mostly because I work for one of these greedy marketing machines… they pay me well, so I’m not looking for a new job at this moment, but everyday I [...]

So in imagining what this looks like for us, it had been very difficult to figure how out to get this to $1000 quickly, without selling one of our kids. But I think we got it now. Thanks to lending our money to Uncle Sam, and the opportunity to get it back, we will [...]