The first post on Fiscal Fizzle was published on February 1, 2009. In four years, the personal finance space in the blogosphere has changed considerably, expanding from a few hundred blogs to literally thousands with more starting up every day. I feel privileged to have been part of the growth of this space and see so many [...]

Wrapping up my look back on 2012, here’s a catch-all post to get you up to speed on all the goings-on of the past year on the blog and in my personal life. All things considered, 2012 was an outstanding year for our family. We were blessed in many ways, had doors opened to new [...]

One of the outcomes of the advice to “just start” when it comes to blogging is that you don’t really know where you’ll end up. The process is beautiful and frustrating. In a few months, Fiscal Fizzle will enter its 5th year of existence, and it was beginning to freak me out. By now, surely I thought, the [...]

A little less than three months have passed since I set two New Year’s “resolutions,” or what I called “focus areas” for 2012, and it’s time for a quick update. The first was to make fitness a priority in my life, and the second was to finally buy an affordable home. While I have not [...]

Those of you who follow me on Twitter (and there are over 2,700 of you) may have noticed that things went quiet a few weeks ago. The fact is that I haven’t felt engaged with Twitter in well over a year, tweeting out links sporadically, and hitting a few replies here and there. My stream [...]

As we move into 2012 and I get ready for the year of financial posts ahead, I’m taking this week as an opportunity to look back and plan forward. Yesterday, I shared the most popular posts from 2011 with you. Today, I’d like to update you about what’s going on around the blog and what you [...]

Welcome, 2012. Our family had a fantastic time in Orlando this weekend bringing in the New Year, and I have to tell you that Disney really knows how to throw a party and make it memorable. The fireworks spectacular on New Year’s Eve was like nothing I’ve ever seen before. All this week, I’ll be [...]