Andrew and I had some excitement this past weekend: we bought a new car! After Andy and I became debt-free in November 2017, we created a list of post-debt snowball financial goals. At the top of the list was to buy new (to us) cars. Both of our vehicles were 2001 Fords (a Focus and…
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How We Had a Spontaneous Overnight Date, Thanks to Our Credit Card
A few weeks ago, I was at work on a Friday afternoon when my husband called. My husband rarely calls my work phone, so I wondered what was going on. He said, “Pack your bags, honey. Let’s go on an overnight date to Des Moines!” Something came up at work, so we couldn’t discuss it anymore over…
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Why I Stopped Writing Financial Blog Posts: My Heart Behind the Screen
Last week, I shared on Instagram Stories that I was struggling with coming up with fresh blog post topics. (My struggle with burnout might be a contributing factor with writer’s block.) Many of you chimed in with ideas you’d like to see me cover (thank you!) One of the most popular topics was more blog posts…
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A Look at a DITY PCS Budget
As many of you may remember, we learned about our surprise July 2017 move to Iowa in the middle of March 2017. That gave us just 3.5 months to prepare and save money for our move. Knowing we would be doing a full DITY (do-it-yourself) move and that we would also be living in a…
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Our Post-Debt Snowball Financial Goals… Now That We’re Debt Free!
Even though our journey to debt freedom is officially over, our work isn’t done yet! Andy and I still have some goals we would like to achieve that will require us to be diligent and wise with our money. Here are the new goals that Andy and I are working towards. 1. Increase our tithing. This…
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