Categotry Archives: Blogging

New Theme

When Mrs. BFTROU set up this blog, she chose the Atahualpa theme, mainly to experiment with it. One of our friends uses Atahualpa, so we figured it would be a good theme to use. Today, I got rid of it.

Eating crow – not so tasty!

Well, Mr. BFTROU certainly handed me a wake-up call this morning.  You see, I never, ever ask his permission to post anything, nor would he expect me to.  I don’t send a post to him for editing in advance either.  But after I’ve posted, he generally gets around to reading what I’ve written and commenting on it. So, this morning I was somewhat surprised when he greeted me with “that post needs to be entirely rewritten from beginning to end.”  […]

Joining the unemployed

Joining the Unemployed – On Purpose!

I took that big step, and now I’m joining the unemployed. Not that that’s a bad thing, but I am not entirely sure whether it’s a great thing yet. I don’t think we’ll starve. First of all, neither of us is underweight. Secondly, we have quite a bit of reserve in the bank – else I’d never have taken this step. Still, it’s scary. REALLY scary. Because, despite the fact I’ve not used my health insurance in so long I […]

How I Make Money Blogging – Book Review

If you are new to this blog, you aren’t alone. I am too! Although I have several other blogs that I write for and administer, both by myself and with my husband, I am really late to the party with a personal finance blog. That may seem a bit strange, since I am a licensed Certified Public Accountant. It seems like finance and budgeting would be native language to me. And they are. So, why didn’t I start a personal […]