LivingAlmostLarge

Yesterday the Dow dropped 400 points. What are you doing today? Shoveling more money into the market or trying to sell off? I guess because of my age I wish I had more money to invest into the market. Right now I am about to rebalance our portfolio DH’s 401k, our [...]

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It’s not what you think. The march madness involved is 114 bloggers competing for the top blogging spot of most enjoyable article. We submitted our articles to Free Money Finance into a round robin contest to see who wins. I submitted my article on “is life passing me by.”
I thought about [...]

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Why are there people out there who are rabid Dave Ramsey fans and hate everyone who uses a CC? Or they dislike those people paying off debt based on interest rate. Why can’t we all just get along? Why not just accept that as long as people are trying to become debt free it doesn’t [...]

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Very cute and chic Carnival of Personal Finance Ediciton up at Binary Dollar. In this carnival I’m Halle Berry, how cool is that? My article on being a a good condo neighbor is included. Enjoy many great articles.

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I’m pretty shocked by our monthly fixed expenses. The total is $826/month. Of course if we were laid off or something a lot of things could be cut to save a few dollars. But overall part of our problem is we pay quite a lot for heating of our home and a [...]

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This wek I sort of spent off budget a bit. I spent at Border’s $2.95 on a smoothie, last night we bought buns and meatballs for $10.49, and today at Costco we spent $26.31 on corned beef, medicine, broccoli, and bread. We also ate lunch at costco for $3.66 for a hot dog and pizza [...]

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Woohoo. I paid off our 0% purchase from home depot yesterday. We had one year 0% interest free on the home depot CC for purchases made for our home 18 months ago. I finally paid it off today, it was due 4/22/07. I always pay it off about a month early [...]

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I really believe in karma and doing good unto others will allow good fortune to run your way. For me I’ve lost my wallet three times since 2000, and I’ve always had it returned intact. Great karma right? So I’ve always returned anything I’ve found or tried to be honest because [...]

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Last month during the extreme cold front that came through NE, the valve on my refrigerator broke and water went pouring into the downstairs unit of our condo. There are three units, two side by side townhouses and 1 basement unit. The basement unit’s two bedrooms and living rooms were damaged.
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Today I got my American Express Cash back rebate of $36.65 for the year. Which is pretty awesome. This was just for spending money on the CC. I know you’ll say that I spent more on the CC rather than cash, which is doubtful. I never pay interest and having been [...]

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