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• 12.02.08
  HadABabyItsABoy Blog | (2)

  At 00:24 on November 20, 2008 my son was born.  My family of two has now officially become a family of three.  ((As far as we were concerned we were a family of three the moment our child was conceived, but the law and medical professions tend to disagree with us.  Either way, everybody now agrees that he is a part of our family.))  I am very, very excited about getting to know my little boy and hope that our journey together until one of us dies is an exciting one in which love flows freely, knowledge is sought and ...

  Tagged: baby, cost of living, fatherhood, frugal baby
  
• 09.10.08
  My Additional Income Progress: 3 Month Update Blog | (2)

  I have been criminally negligent in keeping this blog up to date.  I haven't been keeping up with changes in my net worth ((Net worth is so last century.  I think that the current ratio might be a much better number for determining ones financial position.)) and I haven't even been keeping tabs on my expense tracking.  All my regular financial activities have slowly gone the way of the humble buffalo. The good thing is I haven't been wasting away my days playing Team Fortress 2 or the incredibly addicting Company of Heroes. ((The only two video games I own outright.))  ...

  Tagged: ad, additional income, budgeting, cost of living, income, life-style choices
  
• 05.13.08
  The Cost of Having Kids Family Life | (10)

  I am convinced that the cost of raising children in nowhere near what most people say it is. Browsing the internet I stumbled upon a table depicting the cost of raising a child from birth to the time he reaches adulthood in the eyes of the law. The table's data is a little out dated, it was initially compiled between 1990-1992 and was adjusted to 2001 dollars using the Consumer Price Index, but even using a 2001 purchasing power it still claims that raising kids brings with it a hefty price tag for my family's income range - ...

  Tagged: baby, cost of living, fatherhood, frugal baby
  
• 04.21.08
  Simplify Your Savings Frugality | (1)

  Photo by: helmet13 There are a million and one ways to increase your savings. But for people like me, simplicity is essential to maintaining a long term involvement in managing money. If you make things complicated for yourself than you are never going to stick with it, because chances are you would much rather be doing something else. Using gimmicks and little tricks may provide some psychological benefit, but in the end I find that they add unnecessary clutter to savings goals and prove difficult to track - thus adding inefficiencies, frustration, and confusion into an otherwise simple ...

  Tagged: consumerism, cost of living, expenses, life-style choices, saving tips
  

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