One Caveman’s Financial Journey

Three weeks ago, I listed 13 free or cheap ways to keep your home cool in the summer. But since I was focused on the “free or cheap” aspect, I left out other great, but more expensive, ways to keep your home cool. And thanks to the comments on that article, I was reminded [...]

This weekend I received my property tax bill.  (What a lovely wedding anniversary gift…)  According to the county’s assessment of my property, the decidedly unfair multiplier they use to “balance” the tax load, and the base tax rate, I owe just over $4,800 in property taxes this year.  This amount reflects a nearly 13% increase [...]

Through midnight last night, I received 35 entries to my contest for a $25 Amazon.com Gift Certificate.  Thanks to everyone who entered!
Today, I visited random.org and requested a truly random number between 1 and 35.  It spit out:

So, taking a look at entry #25, I see that Lin’s comment on my contest announcement post gave [...]

Tomorrow, my wife and I will celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary.  It’s hard to believe it’s been so long since I remember that day like it was yesterday.  To start the celebrations early, I took today off and hopefully, if the weather holds up, we’ll be able to take some family time and enjoy some [...]