My Money Blog

Budgeting areas to watch, and Free Budgeting Spreadsheet

Posted on May 1, 2005 // 4 Comments

As other bloggers have mentioned, USA Today is currently doing a six-week series on how to go on a "Financial Diet". Nothing ground-breaking, but it's a pretty good read with stories from real-life families and tips on how to reduce debt and save … [Read the rest]

MyMoneyBlog Giveaway – Promote this site, Plug your site, Win Free Stuff!

Posted on April 29, 2005 // 33 Comments

(I just want to make it clear that anyone can enter, even if you don't have a website!) Ok, other than hating both Money and Quicken this week, I've decided to have a little giveaway/contest! This is my first try at this, so forgive me if I do … [Read the rest]

Quicken’s Dirty Little Secret

Posted on April 28, 2005 // 11 Comments

Ok, after digging a little bit more about how to manually import my transactions from VirtualBank and Presidential Bank into Quicken 2005, I find out... I can't. Not only that, the reason is just stupid greed in my opinion. Both Microsoft Money … [Read the rest]

Bought Quicken 2005 Deluxe to compare with Money 2005

Posted on April 27, 2005 // 4 Comments

Ok, so after "reconciling" tons of transactions with Money 2005, I went ahead and purchased Quicken 2005 on the way home yesterday. I figure, the $60 is worth it in the long run if I can get my budget in order and improve on it, and I got MS Money … [Read the rest]

Having issues with Microsoft Money. Help?

Posted on April 25, 2005 // 43 Comments

Ok, I'm missing something here. I spent a good chunk of this weekend trying to import all my accounts into Microsoft Money 2005. It looks like it uses Yodlee to synchronize accounts online, but more than half of my accounts require me to manually … [Read the rest]

Maximizing My Tax… Bill? Underwithholding On Purpose.

Posted on April 23, 2005 // 5 Comments

Most of us pay taxes as part of our paycheck each month, as Uncle Sam mandates it to be. For many people, this means overpaying a little bit each month "just to be safe", and getting a nice fat tax refund the following year (We ourselves got $1,046 … [Read the rest]

The eternal question: Rent vs. Buy?

Posted on April 23, 2005 // 4 Comments

At least for me it is. Jim from Blueprint for Financial Prosperity lays down his results in this interesting article. Looks like he's going for it! He also introduced me to Dinkytown.net, home of tons of neat financial calculators. I remember … [Read the rest]

Monthly Goal due 4/30: Microsoft Money & Budgeting

Posted on April 22, 2005 // Leave a Comment

Since I only have a week left(!), I'll make this month's goals very brief. 1) I want to have all of my financial accounts added and updated in Microsoft Money 2005. 2) Very very roughly, I want to see where our money is going each month. 3) (From … [Read the rest]

Monthly Goal due 4/30: Microsoft Money & Budgeting

Posted on April 22, 2005 // Leave a Comment

March Monthly Goal Update: Taxes & More

Posted on April 21, 2005 // Leave a Comment

Ok, so I'm chronically late on my monthly goals. Briefly, here is the status of the goals that I set for March: 1) "File taxes for myself and the missus..." Done. It was a pain doing taxes for 2 states for two separate people and a joint federal … [Read the rest]

March Monthly Goal Update: Taxes & More

Posted on April 21, 2005 // 1 Comment

Mailexpire.com – Free and awesome way to avoid spam

Posted on April 20, 2005 // 5 Comments

This is slightly off-topic, but I'm constantly annoyed that whenever you want to simply read a news story or use their "free" service, sites often make you register and provide your name, e-mail, address, etc. I mean, it's obvious that the only … [Read the rest]