I mentioned in my Friday gathering last week that we received the appraisal on our new home. We knew we were getting a great deal already, but to see on paper that we were walking into a home with almost $40,000 in equity was a great feeling.
Our bank ordered our appraisal and used a company [...]
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Some people find motivation to handle money wisely from their families. Others from experience. Still others have ambitious, worthwhile futures they’re working toward.
My motivation is a 9-year-old in Peru named [...]
The trees here in the South are just now starting the change. Thus begins my favorite time of the year! It’s also T-minus 12 days and counting until we close on our mountain house. I’m sure you guys will be glad when we finally get moved so you don’t have to hear about it anymore! [...]
Each week I give the readers of Gather Little by Little a chance to ask me anything. The only real rule is that I can decline to answer. Ill do my best to answer as many questions as I can though. Have a question you would like answered? Just drop me a line or leave [...]
My 11 year old son has been interested in my blogging efforts for a while. He’s tried a few different topics including cars but never found anything to keep his interest. His real passion is humor and he enjoys finding funny videos on YouTube and sharing them with his family and friends.
We discussed this a [...]
Wow, Friday already. This week has really flown by. I guess that’s the benefit of staying busy.
I know many of you are following our house situation and the move we are planning to make, hopefully sooner than later. No big update other than we continue to work on house to make it [...]
This article is part of an ongoing series called Money Saving Monday. Each Monday, I share tips and techniques you can use to start saving money.
I’ll confess, I don’t do much of the cleaning around the house, at least not on the inside. My wife and kids take care of that. I [...]
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 [...]
How many times have you heard the money is the leading cause of divorce? For years, this has been a common belief by most everyone, including marriage counselors, financial experts and myself. Turns out, this may not be the case.
Jan Anderson, a family and consumer sciences professor at California State University Sacramento, set out to [...]
I am continually amazed at the growth I’ve experienced here on Gather Little by Little. Each day it seem like I receive a comment or email from someone that says something like “Hi, just found your blog…” or “First time visiting and love the site”. I love getting those types of communications. As I’ve said [...]
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I’ve mentioned in a few posts in the past that I enjoy playing Dungeons & Dragons*. Call me a geek, but it really is an incredible game, much like playing a novel where you are the main character. Recently, Wizards of the Coast (the makers of D&D) released the 4th edition rule set [...]
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Each week I give the readers of Gather Little by Little a chance to ask me anything. The only real rule is that I can decline to answer. Ill do my best to answer as many questions as I can though. Have a question you would like answered? Just drop me a line [...]
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Just a real quick post to let you know that I’m heading to the NC Mountains today and won’t be back until July 9th. Don’t worry though, thanks to some blogger friends I have a few guest posts scheduled for you to read while I am away.
I hope everyone has a wonderful and [...]
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Exactly one year ago today, I brought Gather Little by Little online. I had been blogging for about two months on a personal blog that I started just so I could play around with two blogging software packages (Wordpress and Drupal). I wrote articles about various things, but mainly personal finance [...]
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My wife and I were having a discussion last night about our house. As many of you know, we’ve been casually looking around for another home. We’re looking to move out in the country in a house with some land. I say we’ve been casually looking, as we can’t really sell [...]
