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To Infiniti And Beyond…
08 months ago
This round of car buying went much better than our last two. We’re fans of consumer reports and had become interested in the Infiniti G25x even before we drove it. But we spent a few exhausting weeks test driving everything on Greenville’s Motor Mile just to make sure it’s what we wanted. For some reason test driving cars is just exhausting. Eventually we had narrowed it down to a few cars, and then permanently settled on the Infiniti G25x. It’s a rear wheel drive sedan with automatic all wheel drive. There are, of course, a ton of other features. The car handles like a dream. We have yet to find anything with seats as nice as the leather we had in the MINI, but these are the closest we have come across.
Historically, we’ve been very stupid about these things – I will definitely not go into detail there. However, I will tell you the smarter things we did this time. I’ll start by saying our philosophy may be different than most. For starters, we share one car and have no interest in owning two cars. Since we own one car it needs to be very reliable. And I can’t imagine throwing down enough money to buy a car without it being something we will feel safe in and something we will enjoy driving.
More Secrets to a Successful Marriage
01 year ago
Money Makes the World Go 'Round!
It’s hard to believe that ten years ago today I married my best friend. Not to get all sappy, but I think it’s worked out pretty well! In fact I found some statistics on Wikipedia (if you can trust it!) that say we’re over the hump. I attribute our marital success (hey let’s be honest, it’s not always bliss) to a lot of things I’ve talked about at length before.
As we move along another year I have come to believe one of the most important components to any marriage is always going to be financial. Rounding our 10 year mark has coincided perfectly with the two of us meeting many of our financial goals. It wasn’t easy, but it’s incredibly satisfying. Making decisions and working diligently together to make things happen has brought us even closer. This has given us peace of mind and has made us excited about our next goals.
The Book I’ve Been Waiting For
01 year ago
Your Money: The Missing Manual
In the past weeks, Will and I have found ourselves busy with a variety of things. Will was quite sick for a few weeks but seems to be mostly better now. I have been going haywire trying to finish cutting out all possible medications that I’ve been on since my diagnosis. We’ve been planning out some home improvements that will eventually help sell the house one day, and as a result have been poring over paint samples, hardware ideas, etc. We have been adjusting to changes with the recent Windstream acquisition. We have managed to cut out about a third of our book collection for donation. And last, but not least, I’ve had another MS attack (my 3rd since December of 2008). Not much could jar me from dwelling on all of this to come out for a blog post, but today I realized how close we are to the release of a book I’ve been looking forward to for a long time.