Family Finances

Earlier in the week I wasn’t feeling so thankful. I received news on Monday that the recovery from my medical procedure is going to take even longer than expected. It seems if 99% of the population does not have a problem, I fall into the 1% of all people who will. This reoccuring theme is … Read more

I grew up in a tiny three bedroom rancher. Back then, the rancher was the staple of the neighborhood. Two story houses weren’t built until about ten years after my parents moved in. Of course, as a child, I don’t remember thinking the house was small. All of my friends lived in ranchers in the … Read more

This Christmas I’m not asking for the usual list of things. I don’t need new clothes, or geeked out technology, I don’t need new things for the house or my 1984 jalopy. This year my Christmas list is filled with ideas that will allow me to spend more time with those I love. I’m asking … Read more

My husband and I have always been open and honest about money matters. That honesty became more important after we bought our first house. At the time I made about $40,000 a year. He was bringing in well over $80,000.   We weren’t married at that time, so we wrote up a lengthy document detailing … Read more

When my nephew was born a little over two years ago I bought a $500 savings bond as his Christmas gift. He was about six months old at the time and I figured he wouldn’t be able to distinguish a gift from it’s package. So I made the conscious decision to spend my money on … Read more

So I’m always reading about how husbands and wives argue about money. I’ve known my husband for almost ten years and we have only fought about money a handful of times. Those fights all involved the expenses involved in purchasing homes. Either our primary residence or a vacation home we looked at a year or … Read more

I feel like I’m all over the map with my postings. There is so much going on these days. I’m getting ready to return to work, planning baby showers, and visiting my brand new baby niece. This posting has brought me back to the topic of finances and babies… Anyway I came across an article … Read more

Late last year I read “The Family CFO.” A great book that I would highly recommend to anyone that’s married or getting married. The book talks about removing emotions from conversations about money by running your family like a business. You and your husband form a board of directors and sit down once a year … Read more