One Caveman’s Financial Journey

As you know if you’ve read my blog at all recently, we purchased a front-loading washing machine last week. Now that I’ve had nearly a week to play with my new “toy”, I’m better able to determine what kind of savings we can expect in the long run by ditching our at least 20 [...]

Last night, I went out and purchased a new washer, as I said I would in my previous post. After a lot of research and price shopping, we decided on the Whirlpool Duet washer and pedestal. After the 10% discount, sales taxes, and delivery charges (which will be refunded to me in a [...]

Last night I sat down and decided to figure out my taxes for 2007. In past years, we went to H&R Block and had them do our taxes for about $365. Considering that I make about $32 an hour before taxes, it would be a net profit if it took me [...]

After the turmoil of our daughter’s birthday and the Christmas season, January promised relief from the stress of the hustle-and-bustle. The pleasant surprise that January also brought is that we had our first “black” month in nearly a year. Even with the surprise expenses of needing a new microwave and getting socked with [...]

Before my wife and I were married, we inherited a washing machine from my parents. It was sufficient for our needs; it cleaned clothes well enough and it wasn’t too loud. Occasionally it would rock a bit, but it never started its own marching band.
Our faithful mechanical servant has lived through a lot [...]