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Wishing everyone good things …
This night is a particularly good one … it’s a Wednesday that feels like a Friday. As we are wont to do on nights when we don’t have to get up early for work in the morning, my husband (or I) brew a pot of coffee and we sit in front of our computers, catching up on emails (me), playing computer games (him), chattering about things – usually picking on each other about one thing or another. Our lives are … Continue reading
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What would YOU do if you won the lottery?
We play the lottery here at work – a dollar here and there when the jackpot is over $100 million. I don’t think that any of us ever expect to get that lucky, but my philosophy in regards to this situation is that if my coworkers end up winning the lottery, I don’t want to be left behind. So while my co-workers and I joke that we’re all going to make a mass exodus up to the north woods of … Continue reading
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Weekly Article Roundup: Charitable weddings … and that’s about it
On Sundays, I try to compile all the frugal living stuff that reached out and hit me over the head this week. (That phrase just gave me an odd mental image … hrm. Must. Drink. More. Coffee. And not stay up until 2 a.m. playing Wii with my beloved husband.) Anyway – I don’t know if I was not looking hard enough or if there’s a lull right now in frugal living and money management articles (I think it’s me … Continue reading
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Taking that frugal vacation
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 don’t have to worry about finding extended daycare hours for my kids who are on summer break. I don’t have to scramble to register for … Continue reading
Would you do this to your floor?
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 just get one heck of a deal by getting carpet or flooring remnants, you have used kraft paper to cover the floor of your room. … Continue reading
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All about back-to-school savings
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 – we got to go to the big city (which was LaCrosse, Wisconsin) and buy our wares. Pencils (until junior high when I switched allegiance … Continue reading
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‘Round the Web: Articles of Interest
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 possession (somewhere, I can hear my mother laughing), but there’s something to be said about simple living. (And now I feel the need to go … Continue reading
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Giveaway Alert! Free Road Trip Guides
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 different places?
Kids’ questions about money
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. Ron Lieber writes a column for the New York Times called “Your Money.” Recently, he posted an item “Kids’ Money Questions: Why Don’t We Have … Continue reading
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Summer Reading Lists
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 my brother and I, a can of pop near my elbow and a book in my hands. I would burn through a ton of books … Continue reading
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