Round Ups

This Week in Personal Finance – May 1, 2010

Personal Finance

So this weekend I started the Garden Project!  Yep, that’s right – we’re planting a 16′x8′ garden.  We’re doing it for a few reasons:  We love fresh food and love to grill, so it’ll be great to just go out and pick some veggies,  My wife likes to eat organic – so this is a [...]

This Week in Personal Finance – April 24, 2010

Personal Finance

Another week in the books.  It’s hard to believe that we are heading into the last week of April and May is sneaking up quickly! I got my grill set up last weekend and had my first meal of the season – Smothered Grilled Chicken with Asparugus and Sweet Potato Wedges! It was de-lish! Maybe [...]

This Week in Personal Finance – April 16, 2010

Miscellaneous

Another week in the books!  Every time I write one of these posts I just can’t but think how fast the time flies!  It seems like yesterday I was writing last week’s round up post! Anyways, it’s been a gorgeous week with the weather in my neck of the woods!  Upper 70′s, low 80′s is [...]

This Week in Personal Finance – April 9, 2010

Personal Finance

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks around the R2 household and office!  There seems to be just a lot of stuff going on. I’m really looking forward to some rest this weekend! But, it’s another week in the books and it’s time for a quick tour.   This Week in Personal Finance takes a look at interesting [...]

This Week in Personal Finance – April 2, 2010

Personal Finance

Friday’s  here!  But Sunday’s coming!!  Welcome to the the Good Friday edition of TWIPF.   It’s a great day to reflect on what Jesus did 2,000 some years ago as His life of 33 years was about to be ended.  But He would soon conquer sin and death with his resurrection just three days later. [...]

This Week in Personal Finance – March 19, 2010

Personal Finance

It’s been a busy week, but a great week – we’re finally getting over our sicknesses at the R2 household!  It’s also a great week because the NCAA tournament begins!  I love March Madness - the games are always full of good sports drama and usually very exciting!  But, it’s another week in the books and it’s time for [...]

This Week in Personal Finance – February 26, 2010

Personal Finance

So we’re taking a break from our 10 day journey to save $10,000 to have a look at some interesting items from around the web. If you missed the initial post on the 10 Money-Saving Tips to Help You Stash $10,000, I highly encourage you check that out and join us as we resume next [...]

This Week in Personal Finance – February 19, 2010

Personal Finance

Well, investors will be getting a wake-up-call this morning from the Fed letting them know that easy money won’t be around forever! Thirty minutes after the markets closed on Thursday, the Fed raised the rate it charges banks for emergency loans by a quarter percentage point to 0.75%.  This was a move that came as a bit [...]