I’ve been utilizing a tax strategy the last few years to take advantage of low tax rates. Huge deferrals and unpaid maternity leaves gave us some room in the 15% tax bracket to convert traditional IRAs to Roth IRAs, and even 401ks to Roth IRAs. Although we had to recharacterize some of it, we were [...]

Posted August 7, 2008 in Taxes | 5 Comments »

Digging In Our Front Lawn
As you can see from the picture above, digging up the water pipes at our house continues to be the main event this week at the DuPaix house. They found the break in the pipe under the foundation. Water was just pouring out.
The good news is that we had a [...]

Posted August 6, 2008 in Dollar Plan News | 6 Comments »

I had a big day planned for writing. I was going to write a weeks worth of posts for My Dollar Plan and Kids and Money. Instead, my house was a revolving door of subcontractors and city workers getting ready to dig up our front lawn.
Running Water
We were on vacation for two weeks in [...]

Posted August 5, 2008 in Our budget | 12 Comments »

Photo: Cubicle Panorama by Kyle and Kelly Adams
Now that I’ve settled into my decision to quit my job, I’m making sure that I’m accounting for all the money that I’m giving up. Besides a salary and benefits like insurance, there’s often many monetary benefits for working in the corporate world.
I started making a list [...]

Posted August 4, 2008 in Savings | 4 Comments »

Cashbaq is offering $5 free just for signing up! Since it’s Free Money Friday, it’s time to take advantage of that free money!
How Cashbaq works
Cashbaq is an online shopping rebate program similar to Upromise Rewards and BigCrumbs. You log in to the Cashbaq site before buying something online, click through to the retailer, and [...]

Posted August 1, 2008 in Quick Money | 2 Comments »