Brad And J’s 1st Annual Christmas Stimulus 2009

Are you ready to hear my super secret surprise? You should be because I am so excited to tell you about it! It all started with a post I wrote titled, “Help Your Neighbor Christmas Stimulus“. My idea at the time was to take a portion of your Christmas budget and use it to help someone close to you feel a little less stressed this holiday season. Originally, our Christmas budget was $250, and I pledged to take $150 of that, and use it to “help my neighbor”. Although I will admit we spent a little more than the $100 […] Read more »

Giving – What If Your Kid Made The Wish?

There is something that I would like to bring to your attention today. I am very passionate about it and no I am not talking about spreading the debt free message. You could say that my passion to spread debt freedom pales in comparison to my passion for giving. I would even go as far as to say my desire to become debt free really was ignited by an even bigger desire to help others out by giving. I don’t know about you, but giving excites me. Today I would like to ask that you please head over to My […] Read more »

Enemy Of Debt Christmas Challenge #2 – “Help Your Neighbor” Christmas Stimulus

A Debt Free Christmas Is A Stress Free Christmas The first challenge I put out there was to make it through this Christmas WITHOUT accumulating ANY debt at all.  That’s right, a NO credit card Christmas.  I received such a great response to that post I wanted to step it up a notch.  I will be posting updates to allow everyone to share their debt free Christmas goals starting next month.  Start thinking about how much you want to spend this year and make a plan to start saving that goal amount.  No debt this Christmas!  You can do it! […] Read more »

Are You A Genuine, Or Conditional Giver?

This post is not only about becoming debt free, it’s also about charity and giving.  This story triggered some questions for me, and I wanted to ask you what you thought about it.  If you have ever watched Extreme Makeover: Home Edition then you have seen many communities come together for families who needed some help.  In 2006, “a Cincinnati home builder, a handful of Cynthiana contractors and everyone of that town’s subcontractors, churches, painters, drywallers, carpenters, restaurateurs and good-hearted others, to donate tons of materials, labor and time to help build a house for the Hassall family.“ Why Did […] Read more »