Long-Term Savings Goals

I think no matter your current relationship with personal finance, you can look into the future and anticipate what you may need to buy. It could be as simple as a set of tires in the next year, or replacing the entire car in the next 2-3 years. If you can identify...

Our 2017 Recap – Financial

Let’s take a walk down memory lane for 2017, shall we? Using the budget from each month as well as our shared Google calendar, it’s easy to see what we did and where we spent money throughout the year. Even though we teach this stuff, our 2017 was not perfect. We did...

Budgeting, Part Three: What’s Most Important?

All these categories….what is most important? I think this picture says it best…. The actual answer may surprise you. Food is #1. Now that doesn’t mean you go to the Hungry Heifer and get the Feeding Frenzy For Two as soon as you get paid, because Today You Learned...

Budgeting, Part One: Where To Start?

This is the first in a series of posts on budgeting. All a budget is, is a plan for your money. A spending plan. Do you need a plan? Of course you do! Would you start building a house without a set of blueprints? No, and if you think about how much money you make...