You might be asking yourself, “47 what?” If all goes well, 47 more months and we’ll have our house paid off. That cuts about 60 months from where we were going to be. We’ve wanted to pay off our house for some time, but haven’t really focused any concentrated effort at getting it done other than…
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February 2016 – Project Fi Phone Bill
For February 2016, my Project Fi bill came out to be $35.47. That includes: Unlimited calls and texts for $20 2GB of data for $20 Taxes and fees for $3.23 Refund for 0.776 GB of unused data – $7.76 This gives me access to both Sprint and T-Mobile’s networks so as they battle it out to be…
February 2016 – Republic Wireless Bill
Starting last month I began reporting how much we’re paying for my wife’s cell phone bill. I’ll try to plan on continuing this, as well as posting my results with Google’s Project Fi starting with my next bill. That being said, our February payment to Republic Wireless was $17.53. That includes unlimited calling and texting, 512…
January 2016 – Republic Wireless Bill
A few months ago I switched my phone service to Project Fi and my wife’s to Republic Wireless. We simply couldn’t get good cell service in our area unless it’s using Sprint towers. Luckily both Project Fi and Republic Wireless use Sprint. So far, we’ve been very happy with Republic Wireless’s ability to use WiFi and…
Simple trick to pay down debt slightly faster
We’ve got one last debt to pay off… our mortgage. We’ve made pretty good progress, but I wish it were paid off yesterday. A while ago I came up with a plan to pay it off slightly faster than we were, but without messing up our budget or putting us in a crunch. I ran by…
How to potentially save a fortune on a big-ticket appliance
Our oven was old when we bought our house, but it worked. Then we got 8 more years of life out of it. During that time, only a couple burners worked consistently, we replaced some missing knobs and the heating element in the oven had to be replaced. That cost us about $100, which wasn’t too bad at…
You Need A Budget!
Unless you’re independently wealthy, we all have a limited amount of money to go around each month. Without paying attention, you can easily run out of money before you run out of things you need to spend it on. That’s where a budget comes in. For quite a long time, we used Microsoft Money or Quicken…
No Cricket’s chirping here
It drives my wife crazy when I change things up on her, but when I find a good deal, it’s hard to pass up. We’ve tried several cell phone services in the past including Ting, Sprint, and Republic Wireless. Each of them have their pros and cons. However, the best compromise between price and service that I’ve found is Cricket. Cricket…
What is this Home Energy Audit from Columbia Gas Anyway?
We’ve had icing issues on our roof the past few years and I know it’s because we live in an old house that lacks the proper insulation. So a couple of months ago, I called a local insulation company to get an estimate. He asked if I had the Columbia Gas audit done yet. I told…
Ting Cell Phone Bill – February 2015
Below you’ll find our cell phone usage for the month of February and what we paid for the service. Our bill is a bit more than last month for two reasons. We used a bit more data which bumped us into the next tier. I was also testing GSM service through Ting which meant we had…