On Personal Finance and Stewardship
Just as we settled on indeed using this blissful period before the arrival of baby Squidge (and attendant daycare fees) to knock out the PMI on our house, and have… Continue reading "The PMI Conundrum, Continued: The Pepaw Van"
Honestly, it bugs me that I have to say this. In my mind “I need a book” immediately elicits the response, “I should go to the library!” Yet, I run… Continue reading "Use Your Library"
This week I took my mom to a Bon Jovi concert. We walked around the Arts District downtown, then had a delicious meal that my mom has not stopped talking about since. The concert… Continue reading "Parents, Money Goals, and Bon Jovi"
Four years ago, I sat across from the Director of Graduate Studies for my History PhD program. I told her that I wanted to quit grad school, and I explained… Continue reading "Why I Am A Working Mom"
Remember how I said that removing the PMI from our mortgage payment was one of our 2017 goals? Twice? To be perfectly honest, I hadn’t actually run the numbers yet. And,… Continue reading "The PMI Conundrum: What Would You Do?"
To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. —… Continue reading "2017: The Year of “Home”"
I earn $34,000 per year. On bad days, I struggle with my sense of self-worth because of that number. There are various triggers. I let that six-figure-earning FIRE blogger get… Continue reading "I Earn $34,000 Per Year"
Mr. Steward and I took Bean to the zoo. She had begged to go for a while, so when the weather turned strangely warm on Saturday, we whipped out our… Continue reading "Ethical Quandaries at the Zoo"
Dave Ramsey was my gateway drug into the world of personal finance. Mr. Steward and I were just married and happened to begin attending our awesome church just as they… Continue reading "The Ways We Don’t Listen to Dave Ramsey, Part One"
Welcome to our monthly review! Every month or so I review the progress we’ve made on our goals and any frugal hacks I’m trying out. Older updates are here. The background… Continue reading "Monthly Review: December 2016 and January 2017"