Beating Broke

Before you get all excited, this isn’t a story of financial bliss.  Less than 3 months after our second child, a daughter, was born and amid all this turmoil in the economy, my wife quit her job.  Why?  Suffice to say that she was extremely unhappy at the position and didn’t feel that she could [...]

The day I’ve been anxiously awaiting is getting very near!  Sometime next month, I will be paying off the loan on our remaining car loan.  Yippeee!  Really, it’s only about 3 months or so ahead of schedule, but ahead is ahead.  Paying off that loan will eliminate all car payments for us.  When the first [...]