Posted Monday, September 15, 2008 9:03 AM
And I mean "little bump" in the most literal sense. I'm pregnant. I found out on Friday, September 12 th . It was quite a shock. We weren’t trying, and we had decided to wait until I finish my grad program, in two more years. By the time I am finished
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Posted Monday, September 08, 2008 2:31 PM
I drove 360 miles this weekend, back and forth to school; 60 miles each way, 3 days of class. Friday night, I have class until 10pm. I drive an hour home, only to wake up the next morning and go straight back to school at 7:30. So I get home around 11,
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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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