In the Hoover house when you stumble across some unforeseen cash we call that “magic money”. Magic money is that money that just surprises you! Like when you’re doing laundry and find change in your jeans pocket. Or when you go to put your winter jacket on for the first time of the year and [...]
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Technically this is still FFF – although, this is really the Fifth Friday Financial. My beautiful bride does such an awesome job of finding bargains for our family and many of you do too. Yes, you will continue to enjoy lots of savings just by following MtS and putting these strategies into action. But did [...]
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It is hard to believe that we are already three months into the year! One of the tasks that I confess that I have been putting off is updating the budget. So last Saturday I sat down and started really looking at how we are doing at telling our money where to go (notice I [...]
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Wow – what happened to the time? Has it really been 2 months since the last Fourth Friday Financial? Surely this has to be Mary’s fault somehow In all sincerity, my apologies for slacking the last two months – but let us press on to next topic. Now that it is the start of a [...]
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If you hang around here enough you will see that Hubs and I are big Dave Ramsey fans. He has helped so many people start to think differently about money and get their finances under control. I despised the “B” word (budget that is) until I took FPU (Financial Peace University) And now you can [...]
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OK so our monthly financial series has been on a little bit of a hiatus with the holidays. But the beginning of the year can be a great time to reevaluate your personal finances and set goals for the new year. Here are the previous Fourth Friday Financial (aka- FFF) posts that will help you get [...]
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I wanted to start our fourth installment of Fourth Friday Financial by wishing my beautiful bride of 15 years a Happy Birthday! What a blessing it is to share life with you! (comment from Mary- *sniff*, awe, so sweet!) Last month we talked in greater detail on how to create a spending plan. There is [...]
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In our first two additions of Fourth Friday Financial (FFF) we covered communication and the importance of having a written plan. For our third installment of FFF, I thought it would be helpful to discuss at a very high level “how to” go about creating a written plan (budget). Let me say right up front that this [...]
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You have probably all heard those catchy quips like “people don’t plan to fail, they fail to plan”. Another popular one especially in the corporate arena is “plan the work and work the plan”. Having run several full and half marathons, I can tell you the importance of having a good training plan. When I [...]
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Have you ever been “voluntold” for something? You know…that is when someone (usually a loved one or close friend) volunteers you for something without your input. Well my lovely bride of 15 years did just that – she voluntold me that I would be writing “Fourth Friday Financial” (FFF). I confess – my initial reactions [...]
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