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September 2013 Month in Review: Money
Our spending is completely out of whack this month with our move! We started our new lease on 9/17/2013 and ended the old one on 9/22/2013. I tried to pay all the direct moving expenses out of our nest egg and reimburse to that account as they come in. But we left off a few recurring maintenance things like changing light bulbs and air filters to the last minute, so we had higher non-budgeted spending … Read entire article »
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Blog Statistics Update August – September 2013
This month I am wavering between wanting to quit EPF and wanting to commit to it even deeper. I am not really going to stop in the near future, but I noticed that I have been commenting much less on other blogs. At this moment posts just don’t seem as interesting to me as they normally do and I think I should be focusing more on improving my own content and searchability. It’s also a … Read entire article »
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August 2013 Month in Review: Money
I was going to say we had another successful month of spending well below our budget, but I don’t know if spending very little money necessarily means we are successful. We’ve been underspending all summer – maybe we aren’t having enough fun. Stupid grad school. The Everyday Budget Top-line items INCOME: Our paychecks from our university plus $162.4 from Kyle’s side hustle, divided as usual GIVING: 10%+ of our stipends to our church $50 to the missionary we support 10% of Kyle’s side … Read entire article »
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Blog Statistics Update July-August 2013
The big news for EPF this month happened just in the last week or so! Trent from The Simple Dollar linked to two of my posts, which brought a huge influx of traffic! Maybe a couple new commenters, too. Analytics Data from July 16 to August 15, 2013 People who listen to us, as of August 15, 2013: RSS subscribers: 157 (-22) (I think this is part of the fluctuations that always seem to be going on!) Twitter followers: … Read entire article »
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July 2013 Month in Review: Money
I think this is a fairly representative summer month, spending-wise. We had a bit of travel (mostly paid in advance) and grills for groups of people twice. Spent way too much on groceries, not terribly a lot on anything else! This was one of those months when I’m so glad for our general savings “nest egg” account – we dipped into it for the security deposit at our new place. If we didn’t have that account … Read entire article »
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Blog Statistics Update June-July 2013
I have a shame-face this month! In the last few weeks I’ve totally squandered the 2-3 weeks of posts I had written up in advance. I’m still not quite writing the day before posting, but I’m definitely working a bit closer to my deadlines. I’m also feeling more “dry” in terms of topic ideas – well, I still have a lot of ideas but not the will or interest to pursue many of them. I … Read entire article »
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June 2013 Month in Review: Money
We did an excellent job sticking to our budget this month! We came in under budget in every single category! Plus we had a big-spending month from our targeted savings, so months like these really validate why we have those accounts in place. We paid for much of our July 4 trip to Madison, WI as well as a quick drive up to northern Virginia. The Everyday Budget Top-line items INCOME: Our paychecks from our university plus $172.40 from … Read entire article »
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Blog Statistics Update May – June 2013
Despite our falling traffic, we have had a good month on the blog. I write this blog for the comments, and some of the posts I’ve written have had a very good discussion/debate, particularly: my review of Lean In and Getting to 50/50 my reasons for not currently pursuing ER/FI Guest Posting I had two guest posts this month: Side Hustle Series: I’m a Human Guinea Pig at Budgets Are Sexy Your Credit Card Prescription at Money Life and More We also … Read entire article »
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May 2013 Month in Review: Money
We had a pretty good month! Nothing too out of the ordinary. We overspent our grocery budget but it was made up for by underspending in a few other categories. Our trip to Boston wasn’t very expensive at all and we got a bunch of great experiences out of it so it was high in value. We had more side income than we usually do. Our cash is getting really, really high, people! I wish we … Read entire article »
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Blog Statistics Update April – May 2013
Kyle and I are putting more effort into the advertising/making-money aspect of the blog. We’ve put up more affiliate links through some posts and created a page of the financial-type products we use. So far no luck with the earning money aspect but I like this approach better than sponsored posts at this point. I’m also way way ahead in my editorial schedule! I have, like, three weeks of posts completely written and scheduled now. It … Read entire article »
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