We are doing it again this year – hitting the road for the holiday on an Amtrak train! We are going from Albuquerque to Chicago to Boston and back, over the span of a few weeks. That’s the benefit of both working for yourself and having a wife who is a teacher – we [...]
For those readers who have recently come on board to My Two Dollars or for those of you who may have missed a few of these, here are some articles you may have missed from past Decembers. With over 1,100 posts, even I forget about some of them. Enjoy!
Make A New Year’s [...]
So, we are finally “settled” (I use the term very loosely) into our new house and figuring out where everything goes. One of the first rooms I got set up is my home office, which I was very excited about because of this view out of the gigantic picture window:
Turns out the insurance guy was right – we would end up with a cracked windshield within our first 6 months of living here! He called it, and now I have it. Luckily he convinced me to pay the extra $20 a year to have full windshield replacement coverage with no deductible, so I [...]
OK, it is the middle of November, we already had our first snowfall of the season, and now it has been 60 degrees for a week straight. The weather guy even said it will probably be this way until Thanksgiving – I don’t remember it ever being 60 degrees in November when I was growing [...]
Two years ago today, I started My Two Dollars with the post “How we paid down our debt and saved money at the same time..it can be done!“:
“I have been reading a lot of posts at different financial websites lately about the trouble people are having paying off their credit card debt while trying to [...]
As I mentioned earlier this week, we are moving again – after only 6 short months in our current house. And along with moving comes packing, which I despise. Luckily it is an across-town move and we have a few weeks to transition, so it shouldn’t be that bad. But still – I [...]
For those readers who have recently come on board to My Two Dollars or for those of you who may have missed a few of these, here are some articles you may have missed from past Novembers. With over 1,100 posts, even I forget about some of them. Enjoy!
Money Mistake Monday – [...]
In two days, we will be electing the first new President in 8 years. I cast my vote the other day during early voting here in New Mexico. I just couldn’t wait until Tuesday! While I sit patiently until the 5th for the results, here are some articles I really enjoyed from this past week. [...]
I love when people come visit us here – they are amazed at how beautiful a place this really is. My wife’s best friend and her husband are in from Chicago and we are having an incredible time showing them around our new hometown. So while I get back to entertaining, let me [...]
So, this week I actually went to the store and bought a new handsaw and a new axe. Mind you, while I have always used a handsaw I have never used an axe. But when you are in charge of getting and cutting your own firewood, you need to learn quickly. I got my [...]
Yep, we have snow. Not in our yard, mind you – but up in the mountains surrounding my little town. It is still in the 70’s during the day but at night it is in the low 30’s already. Looking forward to seeing what my first winter in 13 years brings! This week’s [...]
For those readers who have recently come on board to My Two Dollars or for those of you who may have missed a few of these, here are some articles you may have missed from this time last year. With over 1,100 posts, even I forget about some of them. Enjoy!
Money Mistake [...]
