We had bought Pam’s Miata shortly after getting married when her Saturn literally blew up.  Back then, I wanted to get her something fun and sporty (and teach her the versatility of driving manual)… I grasped onto the fact that it was convertible because part of me sorely missed the [...]

One thing that you start to think of when planning for a kid (or after you realize that one is on the way) is the financial situation.  This becomes a little more tasking with a two-income family.  Since being married, Pam and I have gotten used to living on two incomes.  [...]

Now that we’re finally getting some of our major debt settled, I’ve begun looking into investing.  I’ve mainly been looking at three areas: an emergency fund, a Roth IRA (for retirement), and perhaps starting up a college fund.  No, we’re not expecting kids as of right now; I’m just thinking [...]

Yes, it’s that time of the year to do taxes once again. Pam and I learned our lesson with this about 3 years ago. We got our taxes done, and found out we owed the Federal Government about $2000 and the State Government about $1000. That was not fun to [...]