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 a church the size of ours, with a mission to put over 1000 people through FPU this year, it’s obvious a large task. I don’t know the exact number currently, but will by Sunday afternoon, but I imagine that there are at least 130 people going through the Sunday class, and [...]

So Amy has been working for the last few months at cutting and saving coupons. She’s made lots of progress and is really excited about the money we’re saving, and in some cases …. even being paid- to take merchandise from the store!
I’ll set Amy an account, and a category for couponing deals and tips [...]

So I’m starting this blog to journal our Journey through Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University.   I don’t know what kind of things I’ll include, but I got it up and running.