Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:42 PM
It has not been an easy few months. Every time I think we can get back on our feet, something else happens. This time, it was a $2,200 repair bill for one of the cars. Unfortunately, it was something that had to be done right away, or I would have put
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Posted Thursday, March 20, 2008 3:42 PM
When I sit back and look at the amount we paid off so far, I can’t help but think of where that money could have gone if we didn’t have any debt. These are some of the things we could have done with $31,000 (I might have to do a new list every time we
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Posted Friday, March 07, 2008 11:40 AM
Wow, it feels really good to say that! In September, we consolidated all of our bills between two low interest credit cards and a home equity line of credit. The card we just paid off started at $19,695.00, and it’s now paid in full! We were really aggressive
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Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 11:22 AM
I don't usually waste my time with these things, but it's a boring day at work. I signed on to MSN and read my horoscope, and this is what it said: "Much to your surprise, your finances seem to be slowly falling into place. This is good news, although
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Posted Friday, December 28, 2007 11:49 AM
I am having a bad month. When I sat down a few months ago with DH to draw up the budget, he completely forgot about including the year end stuff. End of the year expenses, combined with the holidays and a house problem (water heater died), have left us
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Posted Thursday, December 06, 2007 9:43 AM
I just got another $10 referral email from ebates (it's usually only $5). If you sign up through my referral, through December 31 st , you get $10 once you make your first purchase. If you don't know what ebates is, I'll explain. You sign up with them,
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Posted Friday, November 30, 2007 11:35 AM
I have received a lot of questions and comments about this blog on the message boards. So I figured I would make it easy for everyone and post a Q&A here. If you have any other questions that aren’t listed, feel free to ask and I will answer them.
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Posted Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:20 PM
Things are still going well. We are making alot of progress and having very few setbacks. DH and I both get paid every other week, which means that there are 2 months this year with an extra pay period. November is one of those months. Because I set my
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