by glblguy | Posted in Christian Debt Reduction, Misc | 12 Comments
Our debt snowball melted. I’m not exactly sure when it happened, but I do know why. I guess it started melting around the the time we began looking for a new home and placing ours on the market. Our finances are in a bit of chaos right. A controlled chaos mind you, but chaos none the less.
What melted our debt snowball
A number of things have very quickly melted our debt snowball:
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- Our old home not selling. This caused us to take on not only two mortgage payments, but dual expenses as well. Including 2 power bills and dual property taxes. Property taxes on our old home are due this month.
by glblguy | Posted in Money Management | 6 Comments
This is an article I wrote during the first few weeks of blogging here on Gather Little by Little. At the time I didn’t have many readers. This is actually one of my favorite articles and I thought I would “dust it off” and share it.
The dictionary defines “The Beginning” as to proceed to perform the first or earliest part of some action. Everything starts somewhere and begins with the first step. What is something related to your personal finances that you have been meaning to start but haven’t?
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by glblguy | Posted in Christian Debt Reduction | 7 Comments
As with most industries – change is going to come. Not all change is welcome however, especially when it comes to your finances, your personal protection, and your financial well-being. So when the credit card industry rolled out the following doozies, it should make you take pause and understand them before following the sheep into the pasture.
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by glblguy | Posted in Friday Gatherings | 6 Comments
I love learning new things. Our new home here in the mountains has given me an opportunity to learn all kinds of new things. Most of it so far as been around our house and the different “technologies” it uses compared to our old house: For example:
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- We now have a heat pump where we had gas heat before. I knew very little about heat pumps before.
- Our new home has a septic system instead of city sewer. First time having a septic system, so been reading up. A bit gross, but necessary knowledge…otherwise you get gross problems!
by glblguy | Posted in Misc | 21 Comments
This article is part of an M-Network group writing project, the 12 Days of Christmas – Personal Finance Style. Last year we started this little tradition and hope to continue it for many years to come.
4 ways to be better prepared for Christmas next year
I know, I know…Christmas 2008 isn’t even here yet and I’m already talking about next Christmas. For many, Christmas is a very expensive holiday and should be treated from a financial perspective just like a large purchase. Doing so means we need to plan and save for it. While planning for next Christmas might seem a little early, it’s not really. Allow me to share 4 ways that you can be better prepared for Christmas next year. I promise you’ll be far less stressed:
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by glblguy | Posted in Ask me anything | 6 Comments
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. I’ll 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 a comment!
Alisa writes and asks:
I wanted to know of additional ways to supplement my current income, which isn’t
very much. Thank you.
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by glblguy | Posted in Christian Debt Reduction | 25 Comments
If you’ve been following me here on Gather Little by Little over the past year or so, you’ll know about our quest for a new home. If your fairly new here or maybe even need a refresher let me summarize for you.
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by glblguy | Posted in Misc | 3 Comments
Last year the M-Network started something that we decided to make our own holiday tradition: The Twelve Days of Christmas – Personal Finance Style. Following the theme of the original song, we each wrote about different aspects of personal finance one for each of the 12 days.
This is the formal kick off for The 12 Days of Christmas – Personal Finance style 2008. As each of the M-Network members posts their articles, I’ll add the links here.
We sincerely hope you enjoy this ongoing tradition of ours. If you missed last year’s, you can read day 1 over at Being Frugal.
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by glblguy | Posted in Money Management | 13 Comments
My Dad and I had an interesting discussion the other evening. He currently has a standard definition TV and uses an antenna to receive local television broadcasts. With the upcoming requirement to go digital, he’s been trying to decide on what to do. His options are: purchasing a digital converter box, getting cable service, or satellite. He doesn’t want a satellite, but was considering going cable until I told him how much it cost.
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by glblguy | Posted in Economy | 3 Comments
I’m pretty sure I don’t have to tell you that the price of gas is WAY down compared to a month or two ago. Unless the soaring price of gas in the summer forced you to sell all your vehicles and ride a horse and buggy to work, you have surely seen and felt the relief at the gas pumps already. In my area of the country we just dipped below $2 per gallon and are now in the $1.89 range. I couldn’t be happier as I am finally able to fill my tank in one shot without feeling nauseous when I see the total cost.
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