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From the monthly archives:
October 2009
The residual costs of homeownership aren’t often considered when people look into buying their first home. I think that is changing since the housing bust (because mortgages were handed out willy-nilly), but generally speaking, when considering the buying vs. renting, people often look at what the mortgage payment would be versus rent for a similar [...]
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Plains vs. TreesI grew up on the plains of Kansas where you can drive for miles and miles and look across the land and feel like you’re seeing all the way to the ends of the earth. Many consider Kansas boring — a state you have to go through just to get somewhere else. But [...]
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Plains vs. TreesI grew up on the plains of Kansas where you can drive for miles and miles and look across the land and feel like you’re seeing all the way to the ends of the earth. Many consider Kansas boring — a state you have to go through just to get somewhere else. But [...]
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The kids are sick, the computer router’s touch and go, and The Hubs is officially one year away from the big-four-oh.
But hey! Alabama won! Even though their offense is nonexistent and they like, totally owe their kicker big time.
At least, that’s what the Hubs says. I have no idea what I’m talking about. And [...]
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$$ GOOD READS $$
Get Rich Slowly: How to Stop Buying Clothes You Never Wear
The Slow Food Experiment: First Trip to the Grocery Store (new blog about a family’s attempt to eat by scratch using only single-item ingredients)
Get Rich Slowly (guest post): Minimalist Money: 6 Steps to Simplify Your Financial Life
Get Rich Slowly: Born in [...]
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I have a problem. And the first step to solving any problem is to recognize that you have one.
I dragged myself to the library the other day and was completely upfront.
“I’m having a problem with overdue books.”
It would be one thing if my problem were simply getting the books to the library on time. Thing [...]
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September’s Progress
Debt #1 Original Balance: $2260.17
Paid Off
Debt #2 Original Balance: $6493.00
Paid Off
Debt #3 Previous Balance: $9,802.00
paid $1000.00
Current Balance: $8,802.00
Original non-mortgage Debt: $19,375.72Current Grand Total: $8,802.00***
Our snowball clearly took another hit in September. Our goal is to put $2000 toward debt every month. In September we managed half of that.The main culprits:
Home Warranty: $519.00
Two Pre-Paid Cell [...]
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Good news! The transmission didn’t fall out of the car! Or, you know. Whatever it is that transmissions do when they go kaput. So that’s a good thing. The actual damage?$277.57
Much better than a couple-few thousand.
In Other News – The Hubs’ on-again, off-again deployment is… On again! Gee, didn’t see this one coming.
But stay tuned. [...]
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Tricia from Once-a-Month Mom hosted an amazing giveaway and cooking demonstration last night — I went with my main-blogger friend, Erin. (Erin of $5 Dinners fame Erin? If you’re one of the like, two people in the frugal blogosphere who isn’t familiar with her site you must check it out. Now.) Erin is the reason [...]
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