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December 2017 Budget Report

January 5th, 2018 | 3 Comments

December 2017 Budget Report

Our December was dominated by our Christmas/New Year’s vacation to southern California. We took two weeks off! We stayed with Kyle’s parents, and it was amazing to have more adults around to help take care of DPR. Kyle and I were able to go out on our own a couple times and even have free hours at home when she was playing with her grandparents. I can appreciate even more the value of having family … Read entire article »

Filed under: month in review

Funemployment Report: December 2014 to mid-January 2015

January 21st, 2015 | 14 Comments

Funemployment Report: December 2014 to mid-January 2015

As I expected, December and the first half of January were not very productive months in terms of my funemployment. We spent two weeks of December in California (on vacation, I suppose) and the first two weeks in January involved a lot of shopping on my part in preparation for starting my fellowship. I did make a bit of progress on my goals, but I was stalled from completing some I needed Kyle’s help on … Read entire article »

Filed under: funemployment

Holiday Conversations around Money

December 28th, 2012 | 22 Comments

Holiday Conversations around Money

Kyle and I have had a great time this week visiting friends and family in his childhood home of the greater Los Angeles area.  I have particularly been surprised by the candid conversations we’ve been able to have about personal finance.  My interest in this subject area has grown with the age of this blog and I enjoy hearing about the view of money from people in my who are not personal finance professionals or … Read entire article »

Filed under: family, values