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We recently took our house off the market, for at least a month.
It was a rather spur-of-the-moment decision. Or maybe “in-the-moment” would be a better description. Because we talked about taking it off over the holidays, and then putting it back on in the Spring. We discussed it and talked to people and ultimately decided not [...]

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I’m still here! (Are you?)

by jolyn on January 3, 2011

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Other duties and priorities are whisking me away at the moment, but I will be blogging more regularly soon, I pinky-promise.
On the agenda:

How much our Christmas cost us.
Our financial/debt update numbers for the month of December.
Why tracking your spending should be like brushing your teeth, and maybe even more important.

Not necessarily in that order.
And for [...]

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On Blogging.

by jolyn on August 14, 2010

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My husband’s TDY* in Texas this month HELLO CAN YOU SAY HOT? I DO NOT ENVY HIM and I wish I could blame his absence on my inability to post regularly but I can’t. I love this blogging thing, I really do! And I especially love all of you guys who take the time to [...]

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Ah, Summer!

by jolyn on June 26, 2010

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I’ve been consumed with laundry, yard work, showings, friends, and… Life!
Regularly scheduled programming will recommence shortly.
I hope you all are enjoying your summer!

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A Yakezie Giveaway!

by jolyn on May 11, 2010

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Not too long ago I joined a group of personal finance bloggers in the Yakezie Challenge — a creation by fellow blogger Financial Samurai, who wanted to challenge other personal finance bloggers to rise up in the Alexa rating — something I had never even heard of before I read his post. I liked the [...]

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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 pay [...]

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I took all the Christmas decorations down over two weeks ago and they’ve been sitting here ever since.

Who you looking at?
I blame the dining room. The completely unusable, waste-of-space dining room. White carpet, people.
Who puts white carpet in a dining room? Needless to say, we stick to eating in the kitchen.

This room serves as [...]

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Follow Me!

by jolyn on December 27, 2009

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For those of you who so kindly mentioned that my RSS feed wasn’t working… I finally have it it fixed! At least, I think I do. Please let me know if you encounter further issues.
You now have the option to subscribe to my posts through a reader of your choosing, or by email. Just choose [...]

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