Blog Post #7 – January 6th, 2020 I spoke to Judge Gargotta today about how his family is tolerating life as a debtor. He was surprised at the number at the end of the means test once he [...]
Blog Post #6 – January 5th, 2020 Today we continued our dabbling in couponing. We took the $25 in HEB (our local grocery store) gift cards we got from buying the visa card and Lowe’s card [...]
Blog Post #5 January 4th, 2020 Today I had a meeting in Austin with Erin Shank to work on the brochure for the Western District Bench Bar Conference. We decided to meet at Whole Foods. In order [...]
I remembered to bring home my budget. Keep in mind this is an experiment that Judge Gargotta and I had to persuade our respective spouses to go along with, so the budget could not be too [...]
Blog Post #3 – January 2nd, 2020. Today was my first day back in the office after taking a few days off. Our fancy water cooler/keurig had blown a gasket before Christmas and they were [...]
Blog Post #2 – January 1st, 2020. Today was day one of My life as a Debtor. I participated in a run at the local gym called the Commitment day run. It is a 5K that I usually do every year [...]
Blog Post #1 December 31, 2019 As I look back on my 30 years as an attorney representing debtors in bankruptcy and how the process seems to have become more cruel and punitive rather than the [...]
