by Austin | Nov 16, 2020 | Budgeting, Family, Saving & Investing
When our first daughter was born, we were amazed at how many diapers we used! My wife had no interest in using cloth diapers, so we went through boxes and boxes of disposables. And when I had to pay for trash service (we normally burn our trash) because diapers...
by Austin | Nov 9, 2020 | Budgeting, Family, Insurance, Saving & Investing
Kids are expensive. Diapers, clothes and toys add up in a short amount of time. And if you’re not prepared for the extra cost, it can makes the budget a little tight at times. But the most expensive part is getting the kid HERE! We just had our second child and...
by Austin | Sep 28, 2020 | Budgeting, Lifestyle
The beauty of having a budget is you have permission to spend money. You don’t have to worry about having enough to pay the bills, buy food or save for retirement because every category is accounted for. That means if there’s money in the category, and it...
by Austin | Sep 21, 2020 | Family, Lifestyle, Saving & Investing
If you haven’t heard me talk about the “lessons learned from a draft horse”, it’s a concept that working in unison with your spouse to accomplish the same result is the most effective way to achieve that said result. While a single draft horse...
by Austin | Sep 14, 2020 | Budgeting, Family
I don’t think we’d been married for 6 months when it happened. And all I remember was feeling like I was repeating myself over and over with no acknowledgement of what I was saying. My wife and I had just finished our budget meeting and were fighting. She...
