Debt Reduction 101

Everywhere I turn there’s evidence that this summer is coming to a close – articles on various websites about back-to-school shopping, co-workers who talk about their kids or grandkids returning to school, whether it’s grade school or college … In my opinion, when you’re pre-children, post-education or both, summer vacation really doesn’t impact you. I [...]

OK – this is the craziest thing that I’ve seen in awhile, but with an office remodel coming up in my future (and a tiny budget to accomplish it with), I have to admit – I am intrigued. Imagine it … replacing the flooring in one of your bedrooms for about $70. No, you didn’t [...]

I remember what a thing it was to get ready to go back to school when I was a kid. The town that I grew up in is a predominantly rural area and although we had a couple stores that we could get some really basic supplies at, when it was time for back-to-school shopping [...]

Good articles from the financial world that you should read! From the New York Times: People are spending less and are feeling happier than they did with so much stuff. Tammy Strobel and Logan Smith are an inspiration – I don’t know if I will ever get down to just having 100 items in my [...]

I saw this article today on Yahoo.com – Lonely Planet is giving away free U.S. roadtrip guides that you can download from their Facebook page. I have a note to myself to write some tips on taking an excellent, yet frugal, roadtrip, but what could be better than a free guidebook to direct you to [...]

First off … the disclaimer: I don’t have kids, unless you count that four-legged beast of a cat who thinks that he is human. So I’m just throwing this out there because this recent column in the New York Times spurred a pretty decent amount of debate and conversation between readers and the post’s author. [...]

I grew up on a farm that wasn’t quite in the middle of nowhere but was 10 miles from the closest town. So while many of my peers spent the summers at our city’s park or in the municipal swimming pool, I spent a lot of summers in the treehouse that my father built for [...]

I haven’t had as much luck with my tomatoes as my cohort Beks has had over at Blogging Away Debt. I had a bunch of beautiful tomato seedlings that I thought were ready to “harden” outdoors and instead of growing bigger and ready themselves for planting, they decided to wilt and die on me. I [...]

You were almost treated to a post today about the joys of Dumpster diving (when I was 13 I found a platter in the local dump that was an antique and later sold for $10! You should see the awesome umbrella that I found at the side of the road that usually retails for $30! [...]

… I am fascinated by people who have more self control and restraint than I have, so it has been with interest lately that I’ve been watching the sidebar of this blog and seeing admin’s posts on “Eating Well on $1 A Day.” This isn’t the first time this has been attempted on the Internet [...]