Getting gutters shouldn’t take this long, but when it does you want the end result to look this good.
Finance
What Happens After Foundation Repair: Fixing the Sewer Line
Did you realize that repairing your foundation might break other things in your house? They warn you of this during the paperwork process, but it’s still a pain. Here’s what to expect as a next repair step.
That Time We Did Our Dave Ramsey Debt Free Scream
It finally feels real: Screaming “We’re debt free” on the Dave Ramsey Show helps us put a bow on paying off the house.
The Word for 2016 | Transformational
Our word for last year was “Overcome.” When I wrote of selecting that word, just over a year ago, I said: I think we’re entering a season of overcoming what was and beginning to dream about what can be. … I can’t wait to look back on December 31, 2015, to see all the ways we experienced God’s promise […]
The Oft-Untold Other Side of Debt-Free Living
If you truly follow the Dave Ramsey plan – live like no one else, sacrifice and pay off your debt (including the mortgage) like crazy – there’s one little side to being debt-free that isn’t often mentioned. The hardest part of debt-free living comes in the months immediately following debt-freedom. Why? You’ve sacrificed and put […]
Tracking Life Changes One Ice Cream Crank at a Time
Two weeks before I started working at my previous company, Kelly and I made homemade ice cream. We didn’t make it again until the July 4th weekend, two weeks after I started working at the city. That’s a nice bookend, don’t you think? And it says quite a bit about free time, work/life balance and […]
So This Happened Last Month
We 100% own our home. We’re 100% debt-free. We’re 100% in shock that our “pay off by May 2017” plan transformed to “pay off by January 2017” plan transformed to “pay off by November 2016” plan transformed to “Hey Shannah, I paid off the house today on July 20th” reality…all within a couple of months. […]
Theft Protection
We bought a new dishwasher not too long ago – I wrote about that here. I finally got around to filling out our warranty paperwork and discovered what has to be the most ridiculous reason to submit your consumer information: I added the highlight When I showed the card to The Boy, his response was: I […]
Future Dreaming
The Boy and I are deep into future dreaming. We’ve finally seen the light at the end of the journey to total debt-freedom tunnel – we even have a pretty good idea when we’ll be at the end of the tunnel. It’s hard not to think about what that will mean…and since we have no […]