Posts Tagged ‘our personal finance story’

Getting married at the young age of 19, straight out of the house doesn’t give you enough time to accumulate debt. But, it happens. I didn’t have the best fiscal responsibility in my upbringing. Mom and Dad were loving and spoiled me rotten, but when it came to finances, I pretty much got whatever I…

Rewind to right after our vows in June. Paul and I both had excellent jobs. I was lucky enough to get a co-op (internship) at a great company in our hometown. I finished my Associate Degree in June right as we were married. I decided that I wanted to start my career. I knew I…

T was brought into our lives in July, 1999. We were so excited and loved being parents. The idea of me being a stay-at-home mother never entered my mind. I was extremely focused on having a career. As a matter of fact, I was itching to get back to work, and did just that when…

Even though we had debt, we were in good positions with our career to pay stuff off. Then the devastation of 9-11 hit. I’m sure you remember exactly where you were that day. We lived right beside a gas station and the line into town to get gas was a mile long. It was the…

I have talked about my BFF before. I love her to death and she and I have been besties since the young age of 4 – yes, that’s a loooong time (but we’ve both gotten finer with age, of course). She and her husband are partly responsible for where we ended up. Her family moved…

Yeah, we didn’t exactly live like paupers. We went on vacation. While that was paid with cash, we could have put that money towards our debt snowball. We still enjoyed the occasional splurge of dining out and other stuff. In the time of not working, I grew restless. I really focused on our church and…

That summer of 2006, we were surprised with a blessing – our third pregnancy!! We knew (or maybe I knew) we would always have three kiddos (no matter how insane I may become) so this announcement was just a completion to our family (and finally my goal to know that after this baby was here,…

I mean, I’m overwhelmed kinda on a daily basis. The kiddos went back to school on Wednesday (the boys with their cousin, Schyler). I’m finishing up a few projects, and anticipating starting a few more. I finally have time to focus on the nitty gritty with our finances.