One Caveman’s Financial Journey
The journey of one young family out of debt and into building wealth
From the monthly archives:
Today a very welcome e-mail arrived in my inbox. It said “$1.00 price drop!” Those three words (four if you count pronouncing the dollar amount) made me very happy.
You see, about three days after purchasing some of my Christmas gifts on Amazon.com this year, I heard about a service called Price Protectr. [...]
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The last 2 years have provided my life with a lot of change with moving, the birth of my daughter, and the associated changes in a lot of family holiday traditions. And all of these have brought into perspective my changes in finances.
This is the first Christmas since I became “financially and future-aware,” so [...]
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As I wrote before, one of my goals for 2008 is to increase my giving to my church to reach 10% of my income, meaning I intend to tithe in 2008. We give consistently throughout the year so that it has become a habit, a part of our lifestyle. On the flip side, [...]
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One of the mainstays in a secure financial life is the emergency fund. But what that fund should be and where it should be stored is a major point of contention through the professional and blogging world. Some require that $1000 be saved for a rainy day and others go as far as [...]
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For the first time in our marriage, I’m actually going to have to stick to the gifting budget we set for each other. We have always set a modest budget (around $100) for Christmas gifts for each other, but I have always thrown that out the window. My wife did a good job [...]
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Well, I just received the most enjoyable piece of mail today… My credit union sent out my new set of coupons for paying my mortgage for 2008 and, much to my bewilderment, the amount went up by almost $50 per month! That means my taxes for last year were more than $400 higher [...]
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Refi-Mortgage - 0.75% Paid
Student Loans - 46.0% Paid
Car Loan - Paid Off!
Home Imp. Loans - 39.0% Paid
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