Money Saving Mom: Saving 100% Down for a Home: Part III Dave Ramsey.com: How NOT to Avoid Paying Taxes
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From the monthly archives:
February 2010
Homemade Refried Beans — Slow Cooker Style Ingredients: 1 onion, peeled and halved 3 cups dry pinto beans 8 cloves garlic, minced 3 t. salt 1 3/4 t. fresh ground black pepper ( I just threw some on) 1/8 t. ground cumin 9 cups water Rinse the beans, throw out the ones that float to [...]
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I loved the comments in the last post regarding your experiences and choices you have made in your car-buying lives. One of the comments from “Anne” stood out to me in particular. “….We don’t have a loan right now, but we’re looking to buy a car within the next 6 months. We REALLY want to [...]
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Yesterday I made the final payment on Debt #3, which was essentially our car loan. Just as soon as I made it I started thinking about the next step: ROTH contribution? Build up Emergency Fund? Start tackling the Second Mortgage? It wasn’t until later that I started thinking… When was the last time we didn’t [...]
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Sometimes budgeting on military pay reminds me of trying to work with an income based on commission: You work the numbers the best you can based on the minimum you expect to come in; but you’re really hoping some extra checks for some other jobs come through as well. At the beginning of February, I [...]
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Frugal Dad: Money Discussions Every Couple Should Have (guest post by Money Help for Christians) Deliver Away Debt: Giving It Up Redeeming Riches: Finding Happiness: How You Can Own More by Owning Less Frugal Dad: Frugal Living Could Change Your Life (guest post by MoneyNing) Money Saving Mom: Olympic Athletes and Financial Success Bargaineering: 5 [...]
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At a whopping $3.50 a box (a box that has also shrunk in recent years), buying Girl Scout cookies is not for the faint of heart. (Or at least, not for the light in pocketbook.) But I decided, Hey, sometimes you gotta live a little. And not only are they for a good Girl Scout [...]
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I’ve been writing checks lately like they’re going out of style. T-ball registration here; dance recital dresses there; do I enroll my teenager in a summer school class? …. Recently it’s the kids’ yearbooks. Just two of them, so far — for the middle schooler and the first grader. Preschool hasn’t gone that over the [...]
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Excuse me while I dig up the dead horse to beat it yet again, but snow has thrust itself into the Common Theme category around here and I just can’t escape it. The driveway is buried in there, somewhere. At least the city plowed the street overnight… Live Update: Number of School Snow Days: 3 [...]
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Trees Full of Money: How My Family and I Paid Off $90,415 in Consumer Debt in Two Years: Part 4 (I posted links to Parts 1-3 last week.) Trees Full of Money: How My Family and I Paid Off $90,415 in Consumer Debt in Two Years: Part 5 Trees Full of Money: How My Family [...]
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