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Family

Enjoy a Romantic Summer Getaway For Less

by That One Caveman on June 11, 2008

Photo by: slightly-less-random

My wife and I are approaching our 5th anniversary and we have been looking for a chance to reconnect. It’s been a long time since we’ve really had the chance to get away, just the two of us, since our daughter was born. We’re looking forward to enjoying some alone time [...]

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Setting Boundaries for Grandparental Spending

by That One Caveman on May 19, 2008

My in-laws came over to our house yesterday. Their visit was very tense as my wife and I had decided to begin confronting the issue of my mother-in-law’s spending habits, especially concerning our children. She is a spendthrift and she would rather spend every penny she finds instead of saving anything for her retirement [...]

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With Changes Come Sacrifices

by That One Caveman on April 30, 2008

With the big changes coming to the Caveman household, it was time to sit down and really analyze my life.
When we learned of the presence of our first child, just over 2 years ago, we set about figuring out how we wanted to approach parenthood. We decided that my wife would quit her job [...]

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The Key to a Successful Financial Plan: Flexibility

by That One Caveman on April 29, 2008

As I mentioned yesterday, we just found out that my wife is pregnant. That means that all the plans I had for this year are toast as we now have bigger priorities.
But it’s ok. I built my plans to be flexible. I didn’t write my budgets or savings plans in stone, we’re [...]

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Big Changes Coming to the Caveman Household

by That One Caveman on April 28, 2008

Saturday morning, awoken this morning by a screech. I had intended to sleep in a bit since I had a long week, but this wasn’t my alarm going off and it wasn’t a car outside. No, this screech came from the master bathroom.
Waking up to that kind of noise is distressing, at the very least. [...]

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The Year of the “Broke Christmas”

by That One Caveman on December 17, 2007

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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