All around me, I'm surrounded by taxes.  And no, not just at work.  Every year, I prepare dozens of returns for friends & family.  L...

So, it's been a crazy three weeks... After much debate, we sold our house .  Every day the negotiations went on, I though for sure...

I did something today. Something I haven't done since high school. I hiked the Cascades. It's a 4 mile hike.  (Two miles up; t...

I got a bill in the mail today. Not a dollar bill, a payment due bill. credit And not a regular one.  A big one. "With a com...

Dear Retired Me: credit When you no longer have to set an alarm clock, And your grandchildren unexpectedly show up for breakfast, ...

I'm buying a house. No, maybe a refrigerator. Or two. But just for the boxes. Because I'm going to need a home. Credit Be...

A couple years ago, right in the middle of our debt-free journey, we got the exciting news I was pregnant with baby #2.  We were thrilled, b...