Archive for July, 2007
Monday, July 16th, 2007
At church yesterday before the sermon started they showed a little video.Guess what they were advertising?Yep. FPU - aka. Financial Peace University which is a series of financial classes taught by Dave Ramsey. The church is going to host the classes this fall.As much as I was dragging my feet ...
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Sunday, July 15th, 2007
This is a fun little test that I found on another blogCheck your Pudding ScoreAccording to the website:What does my Pudding Score™ mean?Your Pudding Score™ is a measure of how your current retirement fund assets compare to the amount the Benchmark Account says someone your age and pay should have ...
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Thursday, July 12th, 2007
Bam!
Took Dave's advice and we were able to make a huge payment on the debt!
When we read The Total Money Makeover Dave recommended that if you are in debt, take your savings (except for a $1000 baby emergency fund and your 401K) and use that to put down on ...
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
Well, we needed a GOAL date to pay off this debt.
We started keeping track at the end of March.
I want to have this debt gone and done with by April 1st, 2008.
That is 8 1/2 months away!!!!!!!
We've been getting intense around here about cutting our spending, reducing/cutting bills and paying ...
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Monday, July 9th, 2007
One of the parts to getting out debt that I personally think is the hardest is cutting your spending, ie "changing your lifestyle and habits."
We know what we need to do to get out of debt, and are willing to do it. But changing our spending habits and the way ...
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