Following the positive responses to yesterday's article on Family Finances, I have decided to write several more posts on various aspects of our journey toward financial peace. The first thing we tackled was budgeting. Here are the things we learned from Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace: In a marriage, it must be a team effort!The free …

Continue reading Tips for Creating a Budget

Before I tell you what we've accomplished and where we are headed, I want to come clean about our financial history. Here goes: My mom ran the finances in my childhood household. We always had what we needed, but never an overabundance. She used some kind of cash envelope system, which I didn't understand. My …

Continue reading Getting a Handle on Family Finances