Archive for August, 2008

Gone fishing…

Ok, so I’m not fishing, but we did decide to head to the mountains for the weekend to relax a little and take a look at our “hopefully soon to ours” home.  I won’t have internet connectivity to post on Sunday or Monday, but I’ll be back with some great stuff on Tuesday including an [...]

Getting started with the envelope budget method

This is a guest post from Luke the guy behind Neobudget.  NeoBudget is an online budget manager that uses the envelope method to help you track your spending habits and stick to a budget. You don’t need to be an accountant, and you don’t need to be good with numbers to use NeoBudget. It is [...]

The Friday gathering: Moving update

I wanted to provide you with an update on moving to the mountains.  We finally completed the contract on the new house, the one I mentioned in my gathering two weeks ago.  We offered about 15% below the current asking price, and the family countered to meet in the middle which we agreed to.  The [...]