Say hello to my little friend…

by Ninja on June 30, 2011 · 117 comments

Hello Blogging World. Girl Ninja in the house.

Today marks the beginning of my new employment. Ninja has graciously hired me as Punch Debt In The Face’s first employee. I’m stating it in the beginning, all income I generate goes directly to my ~~savings account~~ Nordstrom spending account. Thank you in advance.

In all seriousness, Ninja has begged me to be a staff writer for the summer while I’m on break. I’m not exactly excited about being titled a “blogger” (I still think Ninja is a bit dorky for being one), but after months of begging, I finally gave in and decided I could donate some time and give my two cents on living in the Ninja household. In addition to Ninja’s daily posts, I will be trying to write about twice a week.

I’ll be looking for some good inspiration in these posts, so please feel free to question away for topics and areas of interest. Ninja is sitting next to me trying to tell me what to write…and I’ll tell you this now, that’s not how it’s goin’ down. It will be uncensored Girl Ninja opinion in all my posts You may hear my take on shopping, decorating, moving, teaching, and even the exciting life of being married to a debt-punching ninja.

So here goes….we’ll start it off with a little friendly competition. Ninja just showed me his “105 comments” blog post. Can we beat him?! Share the love please!

{ 117 comments }

1 Mama Loncon June 30, 2011 at 11:12 pm

You can totally kick his Ninja lovin’ booty with more comments than 105 – come ON GN!! You can do it!!

2 Mama Loncon June 30, 2011 at 11:13 pm

P.S. Welcome home, sweetie!! This counts as 2 comments, right?! LOL

3 pdent July 6, 2011 at 11:13 am: haha nice work on the scarface reference ninja.

4 StackingCash July 1, 2011 at 1:10 am

It should be interesting to get your thoughts regarding spending vs. saving. I hope he pays you well for your work too

5 Jason July 1, 2011 at 2:31 am

Go kick butt, GN!

6 cashflowmantra July 1, 2011 at 2:41 am

It’s about time this blog got a decent staff writer. I bet you can draw better stick figures, too. Welcome GN. Feel free to kick butt and take some names. Looking forward to what you have to say.

7 Mysti July 1, 2011 at 4:30 am

Congrats on surviving your movie and welcome to the blogisphere!

8 Lina July 1, 2011 at 5:21 am

It will be very interesting having you post, and I must say I am really excited!! Welcome.

9 Matt July 5, 2011 at 4:27 pm: I think GN will provide a whole new side of the Punchdebt story.

10 Elizabeth July 1, 2011 at 5:49 am

Welcome aboard! I’m looking forward to reading ur blogs

11 Brandy July 1, 2011 at 5:57 am

Here’s to beating the 105!

12 Smoochagator July 1, 2011 at 6:07 am

Y’all are just cuter than puppies. I can’t wait to see more of GN’s posts.

13 Sarah @ goingongoals July 1, 2011 at 6:08 am

Can’t wait to hear your take on everything!!!

14 Kevin @ Thousandaire.com July 1, 2011 at 6:19 am

I have a very important question. How did he finally convince you to write for him? I’ve been trying to get my girlfriend to do just one post forever, and she won’t do it. I need tips!

15 Matt July 5, 2011 at 4:28 pm: Bribery is the key.

16 Money Beagle July 1, 2011 at 6:23 am

Good luck. Hey, and Ninja never comments on other blogs (or at least mine) even when they link back to his cool articles, so you could totally kick his butt by doing that

17 slug | sunkcostsareirrelevant.com July 1, 2011 at 6:25 am: Come on. He never even responds to comments on his blog. How can he be bothered to visit yours or mine?

18 slug | sunkcostsareirrelevant.com July 1, 2011 at 6:24 am

Welcome.

19 Lizaredeebee July 1, 2011 at 6:32 am

So excited to see what you have to say

20 Becca July 1, 2011 at 6:33 am

Looking forward to hearing from you! Actually, I think it’ll be really cool to hear “both sides” of the marriage money philosophies. Or, you know, whatever other random things you want to talk about. Do you find that having summers off changes your habits on, say, going out to eat? Or does that sort of stuff stay pretty steady?

21 Lizz July 1, 2011 at 6:40 am

Just trying to help the beating the most comments cause.

22 LLF July 1, 2011 at 6:51 am

ditto!

23 lory July 1, 2011 at 7:06 am

excited to be hearing from ninja girl!

24 Girl Ninja's Rule! July 1, 2011 at 7:07 am

Happy that he finally convinced you! I’m excited to read your posts

25 Matt July 5, 2011 at 5:20 pm: Twice a week is just right.

26 Emily July 1, 2011 at 7:08 am

Adding to the post count!

27 Momninja July 1, 2011 at 7:13 am

You Go Girl! B- E- A- T 105!

A welcome breath of fresh air!

Wink to DN!

28 Mary M July 1, 2011 at 7:16 am

Yea GN. I’d like to read your take on some of the things Ninja is so frugal about. For example the dilemma of spending $300 for travel to your job interview (congratulations!) versus the other option of recording an interview. Also your thoughts on spending more money in rent for more space versus socking away cash and renting a small apt.

29 LoganG July 1, 2011 at 8:01 am: Or not paying $99 to upgrade to first class on an international flight!

30 dadnija July 1, 2011 at 7:16 am

you go girl

31 Melissa July 1, 2011 at 7:17 am

Welcome, Girl Ninja!

32 CityFlips July 1, 2011 at 7:19 am

Sounds fun! I hope you get the most comments!

33 Jason C July 1, 2011 at 7:20 am

Can’t wait to read your posts Girl Ninja!

34 tom July 1, 2011 at 7:21 am

Ninja’s days of smack talking are over. Time for you to show him who’s boss!

35 L July 1, 2011 at 7:27 am

Woo Hoo!!!!! This place needs a little GN to spice it up! =)

36 Powers July 1, 2011 at 7:34 am

Woot!!! Can’t wait to see your posts!

Maybe he already said something about this, but before you two got married were you as passionate about finances/saving/etc. as he was? Or did it take convincing?

37 Lola July 1, 2011 at 7:35 am

How would you summarize your experience as a first-year, full time teacher in the CA public school system? The Ninj had a couple of posts about how wild he thought your Kindergarten kids were, and as I recall, you had a guest post back then to explain some of the misunderstandings that were expressed in some (very) heated comments.

Do you see yourself as always being a classroom teacher or would you like to be an administrator some day?

38 Angela July 1, 2011 at 7:50 am

I cannot wait to hear the other side of the story! Welcome….

39 fromshoppingtosaving July 1, 2011 at 7:53 am

showing GN some woman power love would love to hear about shopping splurges and saving. that’s the premise of my blog haha. i love the nordstrom spending acct…every gal’s gotta have one!

40 Laura July 1, 2011 at 8:08 am

Looking forward to hearing your side of things! Welcome GN!

41 Rebecca July 1, 2011 at 8:10 am

R U gettting paid for this? I hope so, although Ninja may make you put some of that $$$ right back into the savings fund! I say spend it on shoes (or personal vice of choice)!

42 TTGOOD July 1, 2011 at 8:21 am

Congratulations on the new job and move. I am excited to see a female’s perspective on here!

43 Ana July 1, 2011 at 8:29 am

Can’t wait to read your posts GN … welcome !!!

44 Larry July 1, 2011 at 8:47 am

Good to hear from you at least, GN. I don’t have anything particular to say, but just want to help raise your post count.

45 Larry July 1, 2011 at 10:58 am

I meant “at last.” But it at least raises the count one more.

46 Matt July 5, 2011 at 5:21 pm

Keep making edits larry and it will raise the count.

47 Larry July 6, 2011 at 4:58 am

That was the intention, Matt. And forgive me, but:

“Keep making edits, Larry, and it will raise the count.”

48 Jenny~Z July 13, 2011 at 6:59 am: hahahah I love that you corrected his grammar just to up the count!!! Well played!

49 Lauren July 1, 2011 at 8:55 am

Welcome! Can’t wait to see what you have coming….it should be interesting….

Do you have it in writing that you get to build your Nordstrom account?

50 Joanna July 1, 2011 at 9:05 am

Welcome aboard GN! I’ve been reading since before the student loan was paid off…read from Quebec, Canada and now I read from the West Coast of France! Looking forward to reading you.

51 Krantcents July 1, 2011 at 9:06 am

I look forward to your point of view!

52 Jenna, Adaptu Community Manager July 1, 2011 at 9:27 am

Congrats on the new gig Ninja Girl! Can’t wait to hear what you have to say!

53 Emily July 1, 2011 at 9:30 am

I’m definitely looking forward to seeing a female perspective – such as is it better to spend $20-$30 every couple of years to buy a purse that is going to be destroyed in that same time frame or $500 to buy a higher quality leather bag that could potentially last a lifetime with proper care.

54 marci July 1, 2011 at 10:02 am

Finally…the GN point of view!

55 WBWB July 1, 2011 at 10:12 am

looking forward to this

56 Christene July 1, 2011 at 10:35 am

Yay for Girl Ninja!

57 BRB July 1, 2011 at 11:10 am

I think you guys may have brought the sun from CA with you! Yeah! I’m not sure I could take another 8 months of rain and clouds.

58 Dylan July 1, 2011 at 11:13 am

Looking forward to hearing from you, Girl Ninja.

Welcome aboard.

59 Jaimie July 1, 2011 at 11:14 am

I’m glad I will finally get to hear a female point of view!

60 Alyssa July 1, 2011 at 11:27 am

I’m interested to hear your take on living with Ninja and his “frugal” ways. Go GN!

61 finco86 July 1, 2011 at 11:39 am

Welcome aboard. This is my first blog to read every day and now it just got better.
Looking forward to hearing your ideas.

62 Vi July 1, 2011 at 12:19 pm

GN,
I think it is awesome that you are being open-minded and giving blogging a chance. I’m sure you will have some great contributions.

63 Tristan July 1, 2011 at 12:27 pm

I had my girlfriend write once for my blog and it was one of the more popular posts at the time. Everyone loved it.

Here’s to you getting more than 105 comments!

64 Brandy July 1, 2011 at 1:04 pm

I can’t wait to hear your insight. I love reading this blog but have often wondered what Girl Ninja is really like. So excited!!

65 Brenda July 1, 2011 at 1:07 pm

Be sure to cash those paychecks from Punch Debt!

66 Norman July 1, 2011 at 1:26 pm

Ninja’s so frugal, you might want to get paid by cashiers check or money order. Looking forward to your posts.

67 Rafiki July 1, 2011 at 2:59 pm

+ 1 to your comments and it’s going to be interesting reading your take on things.

68 OnceARunner July 1, 2011 at 3:08 pm

Knowing ninja a little better than most, ask him for details if you’re curious, I’m curious on your take of what your first and then lasting impressions of him were. Being a few years younger and very sarcastic myself I got along great with him when i met him (especially since i was faster! haha…at anything over an 800 that is). Hope you guys start a great life up there, sometimes I miss it as I too am now a CA boy. You are lucky you got out when you did cause I’m working on the I-405 now and demoing Mulholland Bridge for an entire weekend!…Carmagedden, its gonna be crazy. But best of luck and keep that ninja in line!

69 StickFiguresAreCool July 1, 2011 at 4:53 pm

Woot! +1 for a female perspective

70 Andrea @SoOverDebt July 1, 2011 at 5:58 pm

Welcome, Girl Ninja! I look forward to hearing from you (and seeing you beat 105 comments)!!!!!

71 Ashley @ Money Talks July 1, 2011 at 8:07 pm

Welcome!! We need a woman around here!

72 Pumpkin July 1, 2011 at 8:47 pm

such a cute couple! can’t wait to hear from the better half.

73 Melissa July 1, 2011 at 8:53 pm

Glad he finally convinced you!

74 Chelsea July 1, 2011 at 9:00 pm

Welcome! Looking forward to reading your posts!

75 Jaime July 1, 2011 at 9:35 pm

And this is 66 for you!

76 Susan July 1, 2011 at 11:43 pm

I’m relatively new here, too, but I noticed you said something about teaching. Are you a teacher? I know you will reach 105 comments very soon!

77 Lane July 2, 2011 at 2:06 am

Hi, Girl Ninja! I’d love to hear how teachers live on, well, a teacher’s salary. You work 10 months out of the year, but are paid for all 12, correct? Curious!

78 Eboo July 2, 2011 at 7:09 am

Welcome, GN! Excited to hear your methods of putting up with Ninja’s old-fashioned views. Kidding aside, make sure he pays you for your posts.

79 Larry July 2, 2011 at 10:05 am: He didn’t pay me when I did a guest post, so don’t hold your hopes up.

80 Robert @ The College Investor July 3, 2011 at 1:38 am

I really wish my wife would contribute to my site sometimes…oh well. Hopefully this gets you one step closer to 106 comments!

81 Rina July 3, 2011 at 9:21 am

Woo hoo hello and I look forward to reading your posts!!! Girl power FTW!

82 Corina July 3, 2011 at 9:23 am

Girl Power!
Welcome to the blogosphere – I hope you will find it rewarding and interesting.
Good luck!

83 Trina July 3, 2011 at 10:48 am

Yay for GN posts! Congrats on the new job. I’d love to hear how/when/if you two literally sit down to talk finances and plan. My husband starts snoring the second I say budget/’let’s save for…”. We’ve thought about setting a monthly money date night, but it never really pans out.

84 Debtfreedetermined July 3, 2011 at 10:59 am

I look forward to the female ninja perspective.

85 Channie July 3, 2011 at 6:58 pm

Welcome, I am excited to read your blog posts!

86 John Border July 4, 2011 at 12:39 am

Good to have a female Ninja perspective to the Punch debt in the face. Welcome to the finance bloggers community.

87 Catch! July 4, 2011 at 3:50 am

Yay GN! Happy to see a female perspective once in a while. I’d like to see how you guys slpit up the finacial duties, how you agree or disagree on spending…all of it!

88 sandrac July 4, 2011 at 4:20 am

Welcome, GN! Will you do your own stick figures?

89 Mo D. July 4, 2011 at 4:56 am

Oooohhh, I’m soo looking forward to reading the GN point of view! TEAM 106!!! Happy 4th of July Ninja and GN, from your Canadian peeps!

90 MHT July 4, 2011 at 6:31 am

Show him who wears the pants in the family. Looking forward to reading your posts! And hey, blogging might be a little dorky, but bloggers earn money by expressing their opinion. That’s pretty sweet.

Also, I’m totally new to this blog and I’ve read through some highlights already – it seems like an interesting blog and I’m about to be a newly married Xtian DINK come October, so it’s interesting to read about!

91 Dee July 4, 2011 at 7:23 am

You go, Girl Ninja! It will be interesting to see the same situation covered from a different perspective. Hopefully, you’ll be able to scrounge up a few examples of situations where you both saw things slightly differently (in addition to, hopefully, showing how you were both on the same page about many other situations).

92 kates July 4, 2011 at 9:52 am

Here’s hoping you smash 105!

I’d love to hear about your thoughts on:
1. Spending money to take care of oneself: e.g. gym memberships, fitness classes, mani-pedis, spa visits, etc.
2. What your thoughts are on living “the American dream” — e.g. good looking, money in the bank, happily in love, buying a big house, teacher wife/ninja husband, etc.
3. Lessons you’ve learned about talking money with your husband.
4. Most extravagant purchase you’ve made!
5. Your individual saving goals (if that applies!)
6. What financial lessons you’ve “inherited” from your family or background.
7. Talk smack about expensive trends that you just aren’t feelin!

93 GN July 5, 2011 at 4:14 pm: Thanks for all the inspiration I’ll for sure be doing my best to write about some of these…

94 Jessie's Money July 4, 2011 at 12:21 pm

Welcome!!

95 ja July 4, 2011 at 2:13 pm

Communication is a must in a relationship. Especially topics that are hard to discuss.Nice read. Bkhelper11.blogspot.com

96 Blue Shoe July 4, 2011 at 6:49 pm

Enjoy! Being a blogger is pretty fun, actually. =)

97 Buck Inspire July 5, 2011 at 12:17 am

What’s wrong with a little friendly competition, right? Would be nice if I could get my Mrs. to post, but we compete on everything else already. Haha. Guess I’m the only blogger in the household, until she finds her blog calling.

98 Zan July 5, 2011 at 5:46 am

Welcome!!! I think I would like to hear more about what your money priorities are and how they are different from Ninja’s.

99 Andrea July 5, 2011 at 8:34 am

Cool, welcome to blogging

100 modernhamlet July 5, 2011 at 8:57 am

This blog needs a woman’s touch…

101 Jenise July 5, 2011 at 8:58 am

Welcome Girl Ninja! I look forward to hearing from your side of the Ninjaverse.

102 Mercedes July 5, 2011 at 10:02 am

Can’t wait to hear more female perspective on here. not that I don’t get a kick out Ninja’s blog posts though!

103 Lucy July 5, 2011 at 10:15 am

Welcome Girl Ninja! I’m looking forward to your take on all the things you mentioned – especially the teaching part and how you will be financially frugal in your purchases for your room.

104 air15 July 5, 2011 at 11:36 am

Nice to read you GN

105 Jessica July 5, 2011 at 12:08 pm

My fiance is very similar to Ninja, so I feel like I will know where you’re coming from… looking forward to your posts… and only 10 more comments to go!

106 Beth July 5, 2011 at 1:44 pm

Excited that you will be posting now!!

107 Matt July 5, 2011 at 3:00 pm

Its refreshing to have Girl Ninja writing on this blog.

108 Clare - Never Niche July 5, 2011 at 3:11 pm

I can’t wait to hear the female side of the Ninja household. Get it, girl!

109 Matt July 5, 2011 at 3:51 pm: I agree. It will be nice to hear what GN has to deal with on a daily basis.

110 Deena Dollars July 5, 2011 at 4:20 pm

So happy to meet you, Girl Ninja! Comment #102 here…

111 Kylie Ofiu July 5, 2011 at 4:54 pm

Saw the link to this on twitter. I love friendly competition! lol. It’ll be great to see your views from living this life.

112 Jenna July 5, 2011 at 6:15 pm

Yea for Girl Ninja! I’d love to hear your take on the Ninja household. Are you as gung ho on the saving and being frugal as Ninja is?

Glad to have you on the blog this summer!

113 Ana July 6, 2011 at 8:39 am

Wooooo-hoooo GN, you rock !!!

114 Summer July 6, 2011 at 12:06 pm

Some might’ve said this already…I don’t have time to read all 112 posts (way to go GN!), but I am very excited for your blog posts. As someone who is interested in someday doing all the things Ninja talks about, I enjoy reading his blog, but I have a feeling your blog posts will be more relevant to my life right now, when I can’t afford to do much, but shopping is always on my list somewhere Thanks for offering your time and opinions to us!

115 Sara July 6, 2011 at 2:20 pm