Money, Love, and Change

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Everything seems to be in the crapper.  With election politics heating up (and not necessarily in a good way), an economic bailout that I am pretty sure no one has a real clue about, and the American dream becoming [...]

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Even though I voted in the primaries, I am always nervous about whether I am registered to vote or not.  I received an e-mail today from a friend, who sent me a link to this site (it is from the Obama campaign, but anyone can use it) called voteforchange.com.  It only took me about 90 [...]

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I hope that everyone out there has a special cause that they are involved with. For us, we give monthly to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. I used to work with a pediatric neurosurgeon, and although the thought of a sick child is heartbreaking, seeing how they are still able to be themselves [...]

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We’re back from a weekend camping trip. It was a lot of fun, even though we got rained on for a whole night and part of a day. Trying to keep a 2-year-old contained in a tent while waiting for a storm to pass was challenging, but somewhat manageable. I have made [...]

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I feel pretty guilty about throwing things away.  We’ve been trying to get rid of the things that we don’t need anymore, and the next thing on the list is VCR tapes and coasters (CD/DVD discs that did not burn correctly).
Even though it costs money, Green Disk seems like a good option for us. Here [...]

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One of my big goals (part of the change in money, love, and change) has been to simplify our life.  We’ve done quite a bit, but there is more that can be done.
My #1 pet peeve right now is my e-mail.  I have one central e-mail account that has incoming e-mails from school, the website, [...]

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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 as [...]

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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 I just [...]

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I recycle our plastic grocery bags from large shopping trips, but have been trying to get in the habit of taking my own totes to the store when I know I won’t be picking up a lot.  I have a small assortment of bags that were given to me as gifts, and I’ve been considering [...]

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A friend of mine sent me a link to a site with a 20-minute video called “The Story of Stuff“. It took me over 3 months to follow the link an get around to watching it, being that if I don’t do something right away, it takes me awhile to get to it.
I’d highly [...]

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