Summer’s coming! Along with all the wonderful sunshine, days in the pool and sprinklers, vacations, and gardening comes the not-so-pleasant sweltering heat. Back when Al and I lived in Southern California, on hot summer days we would drop by Jamba Juice for a nice, cold, refreshing smoothie. Now, we live in hot, humid TN and […]
Archives for May 2016
Chest Freezer vs. Upright Freezer: Which Saves More Crumbs?
This last Christmas, I bought Deb one of her most expensive gifts ever. I upgraded her to a brand new chest freezer—you heard me right, it wasn’t even purchased used from Craigslist. For the year or two previously, we were actually using an old 10 cubic feet upright freezer that we bought for $150 on Craigslist. […]
Don’t Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford
Sometimes getting control of our money just involves a little common sense. But common sense isn’t always so common these days. To illustrate, this parody sketch from about 10 years ago provides an example of how some very simple, common sense money principles have become so hard to understand nowadays:
How to Invest in Real Estate Without Owning Any
Real estate is one of the oldest forms of investing known to man. It’s still one of the most common paths to wealth and one of the most reliable ways to put our money to work. You already know that I don’t consider the home we live in the greatest of financial investments (still a worthwhile […]
