Archive for the ‘Finances’ Category

The pictures for this post are entirely unrelated to the subject matter because I wasn’t brave enough to take my camera with me. The first time we went to Storage Unit Auctions was back in August. The crowd was relatively small and consisted of antique dealers or men who had a store front dealing with [...]

I still marvel at the timing of everything. And God providing for our every need. Moving to Georgia was like a fresh start for us financially. We were suddenly making real money. But while we were saving we were also spending it. All of a sudden I could buy whatever I wanted at the grocery [...]

After finding out Paul didn’t know where he had spent the money that should have been saved for the start of our marriage we sat down and made a plan. It was a very loose plan – I think it was something along the lines of “Let’s save as much money as we can in [...]

I remember like it was yesterday. In reality it was nearly 5.5 years ago – mere days after our wedding day. We went to the bank to add my name to Paul’s bank account and deposit our wedding gift cash. After we did our business we got a statement and – not including the wedding [...]

Several weeks ago I was thinking about ways to earn a bit of extra money and I had an idea – what if Paul and I each started with a small amount of money and used it to make even more money over the course of a year. From this idea our Twenty Dollar Bill [...]

Looking for ways to make money for the $20 Bill Challenge? Or just so you have more money? Here are ten ideas Paul and I have successfully applied either in the past or directly to this challenge. Recreate things that have no value into something valuable. Paul is interested in CrossFit and in an effort [...]














