Very true. Previous advice I have heard about a good size for an emergency fund talked more about being able to cover several month’s worth of expenses, so I wanted to point out that the monthly take home pay of someone in a multiple income household can easily be less than the average monthly expenses for that…

You might want to compare your monthly expenses with your monthly take-home pay for the scenarios above where there is more than one income source. For instance, 6 months of take home pay for the higher earner in my house would be less than 6 months worth of expenses. If I were to save with the goal of 6 months worth…

I am looking forward to the day when my debts are paid off and that extra money is available. Right now, I am using the snowball method to pay off the debts, so I am not putting that extra money towards savings. However, at the current rate I am paying off the debts, I should be free of student loans and a car loan by…

Might look into that. I usually try to stay away from store cards, but they can have their benefits.

While I don’t intentionally spend money just to get rewards, the rotating awards has influenced the timing of some of my purchases. For instance, I have the Discover it card and as shown in the screenshot above, purchases from Amazon qualify for the 5% bonus for the entire second half of the year. It was the same way…

That is what I figured about the handle. Hoping it gets easier to use over time.

That is what I figured about the handle. Hoping it gets easier to use over time.

I bought this yesterday and installed it already. Does the handheld part become easier to take on and off the outer showerhead? Right now, I am having to hold the outer showerhead to prevent it from twisting too much as it is very difficult to take the handheld part on and off. Also, does the hose eventually become…

I bought this yesterday and installed it already. Does the handheld part become easier to take on and off the outer…

I try to do the smaller repairs myself, but for anything larger, I usually go to a trusted mechanic. My current problem with my car is a slow coolant leak. The last time it was in the shop, I had them try to see where the leak might be, but they were not able to find anything. I know it is still a problem as I…

I agree completely. I know that personally, more money would be very beneficial. Even if it was only a one time, lump sum of a couple thousand dollars, just enough to pay off remaining car and student loan debts. Right now, I am aggressively paying down my wife’s car so it will be paid off by next year. And her…

My problem is when wants become needs. For instance, I currently want a newer car, but am holding off until next year when my wife’s car is paid off so we only have one car payment to worry about. However, my car is 13 years old and has been in the shop twice so far this year, leaving me without reliable…

Damn you. I can’t even watch the video because stupid work filters, but I have the song stuck in my head now. My daughter loves the Big Block songs.

Sold out.

Sold out.

This is what we have in my wife’s minivan and it has worked out great so far. Large enough that you don’t have to empty it every day but small enough to fit between the seats or easily be moved around when more people are in the car. $4 at Target. Problem solved

This is a very timely article. My current car is a 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis but only has 86,000 miles on it (thanks Grandma). Yes, the mileage sucks, but I don’t owe anything on it and with gas prices so low right now, it’s not a huge deal to keep filling it up. It has been in the shop twice in the last year, both…

I am in a similar situation. I am working to pay off debt with a plan to be free of my wife’s student loans and a car loan by mid 2017. I have about a month’s worth of expenses in a general emergency fund and have been putting off adding to it so I can try to get the debt paid off according to plan. We do have a…

Agreed. As long as you don’t pull too fast or pull up and over the pad, you can easily get a flat note by pulling down at a slight angle. Pulling from the side meant that the opposite corner would end up curling slightly. Not a huge deal, but still not flat.

My parents put down a non-refundable $1,000 deposit for one of these. Unfortunately they did so before I found out they were interested in these. I wish I could have talked them out of it, especially since it is looking more and more like this will never come to a final product. It’s one thing to buy this once it is…

In all fairness, it is much easier for Tesla to build out its supercharging network than it would be to build out a hydrogen infrastructure. Most people do not rely on a supercharger to charge their Tesla on a daily basis. They are able to charge their cars in their homes using an electrical infrastructure that has…

What would drive someone to choose the single outlet type over the duplex type? Is the advantage to using the type that has a single outlet over a duplex that the single one can have a higher amperage for the usb ports than the duplex? Or is it cheaper? My parents recently installed one of these in their kitchen and…

Hey look, Donald Trump is in the house...