We had the opportunity to catch up with some good friends this weekend, and it was during our visit that seeds of an impulse purchase began to take root!  After dinner we headed into the living room for a couple rounds of Sequence (with the Winter Olympics on in the background, of course), and as we were playing, I noticed a new beautiful pair of speakers that I hadn’t seen before.  (From what I could tell from searching on Amazon after the fact, they appeared to be Polk Audio Monitor 30s, just in case you were interested.)  Sure enough, they were a Christmas present to the couple,...

We love a good garage sale.  You get up early on a Saturday morning, brew a pot of coffee, and out in the driveway you set up those folding tables you borrowed from church.  Then you start hauling up tons of junk from your basement, out from underneath the couch, from the shelves of that one closet — heck, maybe there’s stuff in the bathroom you can sell, so you bring that outside, too.  You then get the pleasure of arranging those items on said tables, figuring out the most that anyone would spend on them, and then writing that amount on those stickers that you would never buy...

As we posted Saturday on our Facebook fan page, this weekend we were able to knock out our income taxes!  Many thanks again to the big ol’ Money Crashers giveaway that left us with a free copy of TurboTax Premier [affiliate link].  The process is, to some small degree, enjoyable, as we think about the past year and how God has continued to provide for us in a really big way. The funny thing is that, although we’ve been using some variation of TurboTax for the last several years, the whole process always ends up taking more time than we ever expect it to.  We begin our taxes...

Another weekend is here again, and we had the fortunate opportunity to spend a few days away during the past week!  We headed up to frozen Elk Lake (near Traverse City, Michigan) and spent the week cross-country skiing, drinking tons of coffee, eating much cake, and watching every possible minute of the Winter Olympics   It’s good to be home, though, and we’re excited to bring you our favorite articles from this week in personal finance (and maybe some other stuff, too).  Enjoy! ** Craig at Money Help for Christians includes selected posts from Earn Give Save with Christian...

Some friends of ours recently knocked it out of the park by paying off one of their cars 2 1/2 years early!  We understand that it was taking a look at the video above (from Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University) which really encouraged them to get serious about getting rid of the debt.  Posting the news on Facebook (along with the video) unleashed a fury of great thoughts and discussion related to the revolutionary idea that owning a vehicle doesn’t mean owning a payment as well.  We thought it would be great to add our two cents to the discussion ...