Home Inventory

Do you know what you own?  Everything, every item - do you know what and where it is, how much it cost or what it would cost to replace it? The pictures I'm sharing with you this week are from the house fire my family experienced in Christmas Eve, 2003. Our house/garage fire was not nearly...

Joint Chequing

So we can make the money work; but can we make sticking to the debit card work? That's the question that I left yesterday's blog post with. I called Tangerine - and it turns out, things haven't changed...Ugh! The Tangerine representative suggested that instead of having two chequing accounts; that we basically open a new joint savings account (you can have as many as you like); and transition...

Is $300 Enough?

So, it's the middle of June.  We're halfway through the year.  This feels like a good time to look at the budget and to see if it's working.  In particular, is 300/week working for our day-to-day spending? I thought we should first look at what we actually are spending.  So here's...

My Garden

Is so, so pretty this year! Last year we transplanted a lot of flowers from my grandmother's garden, and this year they are all in full bloom!  Check it out! ...

June 1st Networth

June 1st we came so so so close to breaking through the $100,00K networth mark - but we're not quite there.  We were up to $99,623.31 and climbing.  Just the way my spreadsheets are set up; it would be more work than it's worth to do the screen shots for June ( would have to remove data, then add it back in) - but I gotta tell you; I'm really looking forward to the July 1st post...

May Spend Report

It's late - but here it is! Here it is!  Off the top it looks pretty crazy with over $7,000 in spending - but have a look a the line in orange.  Over $4,000 of that has been, or will be reimbursed by either our employers, our benefit providers or our family (Costco chopping for family). Items...

Credit Reports

My first post in getting caught up is to answer a reader's question on how/where Jordan and I accessed our credit reports.  I should probably remind readers that this is written from the Canadian perspective. There are currently two credit reporting agencies - Equifax and Trans Union.  Governed by provincial legislation they collect and disseminate information that pertains to Canadian's...

I'm Back!

...and feel like I have loads of catching up to do. Over the coming weeks you can expect an update on our credit reports, and the last couple months of monthly financial updates.  There's also changes expected for Jordan's salary; so we'll be looking at that, and what it means for the budget.  We're going to continue on our My Money, My Choices journey as well. Looking forward to getting...

I'll be Back Soon!

I haven't stopped writing! I'm just writing for another audience right now. I'm in the very last week, of the last course of my extension certificate.  The final paper is 50 pages, and 70% of my grade (eek!)....