Cheating Our 529 College Savings Plan


27 Comments
Money Babies for 529 College Plans

It’s almost the end of July and despite our best intentions, Johnny and I still haven’t started contributing to a 529 college savings plan for our future scholar, Sally. When we wrote about 529s in a post last November, we calculated that we wanted to save $30,000 for her college…

Continue Reading
July 21, 2014 by

About You #10


31 Comments
Hello, My name is Beowulf

It’s Friday. I’ll spare you the Rebecca Black music video, even though I really want to commiserate with someone because now it’s going to be stuck in my head. Fridays rank #2, only slightly behind Saturday. There’s just something about the anticipation for the weekend that makes every Friday great…

Continue Reading
July 18, 2014 by

Our Keys to Making Married Finances Work


14 Comments
Financially Wedded Bliss

When Johnny and I celebrated our anniversary just a few short weeks ago, we took a few moments reminiscing on what we’d accomplished in the last seven years. And we also ate a bunch of sushi, but that’s beside the point. One of our biggest accomplishments in these seven years…

Continue Reading
July 16, 2014 by

How to Fly (Happily) With a Toddler


15 Comments
How to Fly Happily with a Toddler

We recently posted about how we planned to survive a four-hour flight with Sally, the busiest 18-month-old we know. Well, folks, we did it. Many of you assured us that it wouldn’t be as bad as we thought, and you were right. That said, we had a few precarious moments…

Continue Reading
July 14, 2014 by