I know, I know. Everyone is wondering where theirs is. I can’t wait for ours to arrive – it is already allocated as follows: $600 – brings savings back up to $5000. Yippee! $350 – gas for traveling to OH in 2 weeks, and then western NY over Memorial Day. This is all to...
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Archive for April, 2008
Where’s that stimulus check?
How would you handle this situation?
The ignorance of people never ceases to amaze me. I do need to divulge a little personal information to put this story in its proper context. I have dark hair and eyes, but am not sure of my ethnic heritage because I do not know my father. My mom is Caucasian, but I don’t...
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Quote for thought #1
Since I am busy on the weekends, I thought this would be a nice idea. Each weekend, I will try to post one or two quotes for thought. Here is the first: I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words,...
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Thoughts on Dave Ramsey
I recently finished Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover, and it is a quick and easy read. I would recommend getting it from your local library – I would not buy it just because there are enough blogs and information on his methods on the web (and you can use the cost of the book...
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Get $10 off a $25 purchase when using a Visa card at Lowe’s
I thought that I would share this – we’re not spending a lot on home improvements right now, but this will definitely help to fill the kids sandbox and get us some mulch for the yard! The coupon is good through July 30,2008, and will be e-mailed within 24 hours, according to the website....
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Decreasing 401k contributions to offset health plan increase
After finishing the taxes, we decided to decrease my husband’s 401k contributions from 20% to 10% with the intention of putting this money into our Roth IRAs. The next day, we get a letter in the mail with regards to our health care plan. They have changed the salary tiers and the contribution limits. ...
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Using a rubber mallet to fix your MacBook?
It seems to have worked for me! I was having some trouble tonight after my hard drive started whirring on my (less than one-year old) MacBook. I’ve had the hard drive replaced once (this is why my published thesis is about 20 pages shorter), and was pretty ticked to hear it causing a commotion...
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The new Entrecard – the good and the bad
I am not sure what to think of the new Entrecard changes. I really like being able to see how many times a blog has dropped on you in the past 30 days – I am using this information to comprise a drop list for myself. I used to be a member of the...
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How do you blog when the weather is nice?
Ok – I admit that this is off topic. But I can’t seem to find enough time to get anything done when the weather is nice – it’s just too much fun being outside! Today, for example, I took my son to a dairy farm. We’re reading about cows this week (more about that...
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Need to recycle those packing peanuts?
We were cleaning out the basement this weekend, and had a lot of packing peanuts that we wanted to get rid of. Throwing these out makes me feel guilty, as I know they take a long time to decompose in a landfill. A quick google search helped us come up with a solution, and...
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