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September 2013

  • How to Set Financial Goals (Part II)


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    Earlier this week I rambled on about the importance of setting goals. And now onto the nitty gritty — the actual goal setting! When Johnny and I are setting short-term and long-term goals, we always flesh out the long-term goals first. And how do we do that? Well we ask…

  • How to Set Financial Goals (Part I)

    How to Set Financial Goals (Part I)


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    Moving has a way of derailing your budget. Well, really, it has a way of pretty much derailing everything: your budget, your daily routine, your weekly Japanese takeout, your… life! And it takes a while to get back on track, but Johnny and I are finally getting there. And one…

  • Weekend Recap

    Weekend Recap: First Home Football Game


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    Every Friday, I get the itch to sign all of my work emails with TGIF!!! I can usually resist this urge. But this last Friday I couldn’t contain my excitement for the weekend, and “TGIF!” was flying off my fingertips like nothing else. Friday our girl hit her eight-month mark!…

  • Budgeting Made Easy

    How “Everything Else” Works


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    Johnny and I find budgeting to be quite stifling. It’s our money, so we should get to do with it as we please, amiright? When we first started budgeting, sticking to each and every little category made us both feel downright claustrophobic. And so we said To heck with it!…