2011 – The Good Stuff

It has been crazy around here with all the packing we are doing. Tomorrow we close on the house we bought and getting ready for the move has been fun. 2011 had numbers that were just plain ugly. It had … Continue reading

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2011 – The Bad Stuff

In my last post I went over some pretty ugly numbers. Now I want to go over the things that happened that were just plain bad, but not so bad that they were ugly. Everyone has numbers like this. I … Continue reading

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2011 – The Ugly Stuff

The budgeting spreadsheet I use has a nice little feature on a sheet called “Overview.” This sheet will tell me exactly how much money is left in each account. It will also tell me how much money I had as … Continue reading

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2011 – Yearly Wrap Up

2011 has been the first complete year my wife and I have lived without any debt. It also might be the only year like this for the long time to come since 2012 we will have a mortgage. That said … Continue reading

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2010 – Yearly Wrap Up

The year has come to an end and while our net worth has dropped a bit due to this vacation, it was expected. I have lots to say about how this year turned out but the first and most important … Continue reading

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Fast Approaching Year End

Of course since it is the Christmas season I could simply ask How crazy is your Christmas time? What do you still have to get done? The end of the year is also fast approaching. What stuff do you have … Continue reading

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2009 – Yearly Wrap Up

I’m hoping that by showing some numbers this will be an interesting post. The last thing I’m looking for is an accounting post. Anyways, how about we start with some of the numbers and go from there? Liquid Net Worth … Continue reading

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Looking Back: The Good and the Bad

Today I want to look back on the past year financially and look at some of the good things that happened to us and some of the bad. I’d like to highlight some of our successes and point out where … Continue reading

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Preparing for Next Year

It is December out there. While it’s technically fall. the snow is coming down hard and I’m reminded once again that the year is going to change soon. This will mean I’ll have to go through a whole set of … Continue reading

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