From the monthly archives:

May 2010

One of many things I did very recently to get this house ready to put up for sale was to paint the front door. My friend Lucy pointed out some chipped paint on the frame; the realtor later mentioned the same on her first visit.
See?
So I did some digging to find something I remembered coming [...]

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Seth Godin’s Blog: Consumer debt is not your friend.
Squidoo: Teaching Writing Without (BUYING) a Writing Curriculum.
The Frugal Girl: $4/week on groceries? No thanks. Completely agree.
Classy Chaos: Capturing motherhood: rainbows and roller coasters. This is totally what I would have done for my own mom and MIL had my wits been about me. Thought that counts?
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Debt Payments in April: $2,580.53

Interest: $2,078.73

Principle: $501.80

Total Debt: $311,014.06

Second Mortgage: $31,482.99
Rental Mortgage: $108,899.92
Primary Mortgage: $170,631.15

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Our Debt Snowball is taking a breather. We made our regularly scheduled payments and nothing extra. And I’m okay with that. Instead of throwing snowflakes on the debt snowball, I am throwing as much cash as I can into our “Emergency [...]

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Good Read$

by jolyn on May 2, 2010

in Books and Websites

Get Rich Slowly: Money Myths and the Importance of Thinking For Yourself. So. good.
Unclutterer: The price of using self storage. (Don’t miss the comments where the bottom line may not be so cut-and-dry as you think.)
Five J’s: How to Homeschool Your Kindergartner. (One of my favorite homeschooling bloggers so far.)
Seth Godin’s blog: The coming [...]

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