On this episode Scott and Rochelle discuss how they have come to financial stability after years of living paycheck to paycheck. They discuss the differences in their childhoods that may have lead them to be more financially responsible even when money was tight.

Specific topic discussed in this episode:

• We got a hot tub! (1:05)
• Checking off items on our bucket lists. (2:30)
• This week’s topic: Financial stability (3:15)
• Living off of chicken noodle soup we were given as a gift and being able to ask for help when we couldn’t afford milk. (4:00)
• Ivy’s expensive formula taking all our money. (6:00)
• Living off Little Caesar’s Pizza, feeding our whole family with a $5 pizza. (7:10)
• Not being able to afford any luxuries and enjoying the little things. (8:00)
• How Rochelle growing up poor makes it hard for her to make big purchases. (9:15)
• Scott’s grew up more well off, but his parents taught him very well about finances. (11:45)
• We were taught by Scott’s dad about mortgages when we were newlyweds, and that knowledge has always stuck with us. (13:15)
• Always telling each other about every purchase since the early days of our marriage. (15:00)
• Paying a mortgage and having two kids while making $7 an hour. But at least we’d had help with the down payment from Scott’s grandparents. (16:00)
• Growing up and becoming responsible adults when we got pregnant with our oldest. (17:30)
• The struggles from the economy going down in 2008 or 2009 when Ivy was still a newborn. (19:30)
• Buying a hot tub is Scott’s midlife crisis. (21:00)
• Celebrity Couple of the Week (Nick Offerman and Megan Mullaly) (21:45)