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15 June 2010 0 Comments

10 Tips For Retirement

10 Tips For Retirement

I have great respect for my parents.  Every time I’ve observed them undertake a new challenge or a transition in life they have always put great thought into how they should proceed.  Now that my Dad has been retired for a bit he sent me ten tips for making every penny count in retirement.  It’s [...]

26 January 2009 0 Comments

The Financial Learning Experience

Joe Sangl is the Pastor of Financial Planning at New Spring Church and we were fortunate to have him be our guest at CCV this weekend. During our three services Joe did an excellent job wrapping up our financial series. Visit this post again later and I will link the podcast here as soon as [...]

7 February 2008 1 Comment

My Top 5 Ways of Saving Cash

As a couple we work pretty hard to pinch pennies every where we can, we were kind of forced into frugality. Sometime I might tell that story on the blog but I dont feel like hashing it out tonight.. Anyway here are the top 5 ways I save cash. I maintain a strict lunch budget [...]

12 September 2007 0 Comments

Fuel Saving Tips

As a frugal dad I am always looking for ways to save money. Especially with the price of gas fluctuating so much these days. Forbes Autos recently interviewed a guy named Wayne Gerdes who can pull 84 miles per gallon out of a standard Ford Ranger pickup. I found it interesting so I thought I [...]

7 June 2007 2 Comments

Tight Budget Tip

I don’t know if your family has a tight budget but ours sure does! After my son’s two surgeries there was a need for some significant therapy. This caused us to go from a household with two full time incomes down to just mine. That means every dollar is important. There is a blog (The [...]