Best Personal Finance Writing – Week 24
A few days ago was our 8 year wedding anniversary. We didn’t do anything that many would consider special. It was just another night at home with the family. But that’s what made it special. I’ve...
View ArticleFree Debt and Budget Spreadsheet
One of the more popular articles on Married (with Debt) is part of our 10 Rules to Eliminate Debt and Change Your Life - the part where we make a debt and budget spreadsheet to track our bills, debts...
View ArticleI Bought a Tablet (Which Makes Me a Jerk)
So I finally broke down and bought a tablet computer, which officially makes me a jerk. Seven days prior I was just a guy with a janky iPhone 3GS with so much dust under the screen you’d think I work...
View ArticleBest Personal Finance Writing – Week 25
If you read Wednesday’s post, you know I bought a new tablet/netbook. This is good news for the site because I’ve been slacking a bit lately because working on this blog has been pulling me into the...
View ArticleMoney Lessons from Literary Fiction
I’m a reformed literary fiction addict. It’s the perfect release for an introverted person. Today I was thinking about some of my favorite books and the role that money plays in them. Sometimes it’s a...
View ArticleOnline Money Resources
No one should get all their information from one place, even if it is a place as awesome as Married (with Debt). Would you like a peek into some of the sites I visit regularly? When I’m researching...
View ArticleBest Personal Finance Writing – Week 26
Everyone is talking about how hot it is in the Midwest, but as my father would say, “What are you going to do when it gets hot?” He would say that even when it was 105 degrees out. Tomorrow I’ll be...
View ArticleA 3 Step Way to Guilt-Free Vacation Spending
We have been trained as a culture to feel guilty when we do things for ourselves. Let’s face it, if we are going into deep levels of debt to pay for, we should feel guilty. But if we can afford it, we...
View ArticleBest Personal Finance Writing – Week 27
I hope everyone had a good 4th of July or Canada Day, or simply a great week if you hail from another country. I only had Wednesday off, so I had to drag myself off a couch at 6 am yesterday to drive...
View ArticleUS Bank Internet Banking
By now, internet banking is not a new thing, but I must admit that I was one of the last people to start banking online when I enrolled in US Bank Internet Banking. Like many, I preferred the old way...
View ArticleDebt Payoff Progress – June
Well, I’m not going to have many more of these updates, only one more to be exact. I logged in to my student loan processor’s website today and saw a balance of $1,322. I have now reached the point...
View ArticleBest Personal Finance Writing – Week 28
If you’ve noticed that I’ve been a bit quieter around the World Wide Web (sorry, just wanted to say that again), it’s because I’ve been on a new project for work that has greatly impeded my ability to...
View Article6 Crazy Things I’d Do with a Billion Dollars
Imagine you won the first billion dollar lottery jackpot in history. I searched Google for billion dollar lottery and the only thing I found was a charity that was claiming the first billion dollar...
View ArticleWallaby Card
Rarely am I impressed with the ideas from new West Coast tech startups. They are generally just rehashing things that have already been done. More social networks or ways to share with our friends how...
View ArticleBest Personal Finance Writing – Week 29
As I write this we are about to head to my parents’ house to go swimming. As I finished typing that sentence, my wife informed me that our 7 year old has a mild fever. She’s been coughing a bit for a...
View ArticleMake Your Travel Photography Magazine Quality
I used to be a travel photography purist. The way I took the photo was the way it was going to stay. I didn’t have Photoshop or formal graphic design skills, so I thought I was stuck with what the...
View ArticleFive Tips for Landscaping on a Budget
The following is a guest post. You want to create a beautiful lawn and garden, but how can you maintain your landscaping on a budget? Designing and growing the perfect lawn takes patience, hard work...
View ArticleWorkplace Stress
The verdict is in – your job is killing you. More specifically, workplace stress is killing you. This means we’ve come full circle from our days as cavemen, when our biggest source of stress was...
View ArticleGreetings from Croatia
Greetings from Croatia. My wife and I are having a wonderful and relaxing time. We spent a few days visiting with my family and swimming in the sea. The Smart Car we rented had a problem with the...
View ArticleEye Exam: Discover the Time and Cost Savings of Regular Eye Exams
Save Time and Money by Scheduling Regular Eye Exams Sight is arguably the most important sense. Yet, many don’t prioritize eye care. Whether it’s skipping routine eye exams or not taking advantage of...
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