LivingAlmostLarge

Ugh, I gotta admit something.  That my DH is not perfect and neither am I.  I get a lot of “I work hard and I want this now,” “I deserve it for working hard,” and “why are we broke when we earn good money?”. 
Here’s the deal, we’re not perfect and wanting something more is natural.  [...]

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My first participation the 10th Carnival of Libertarians @ White Sepulchre, very interesting.  I’m not much of a libertarian, more a socialist if I’m honest. However, I thought it’d be fun to submit most post on “Same Sex Marriages” because it’s more political than financial.  Anyway apparently Same Sex marriages doesn’t affect anyone but gays [...]

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If you are saving or paying down debt when should you do it?  Should you pay it off as soon as you have the money?  Or should you wait until the end of the month?
What I did when I was paying off debt, was wait until the end of the month.  We were living at [...]

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This week I participated in a bunch of Carnivals.  To the “Twenty-Something Finances” @ BagLady, I submitted “budgeting backwards with priorities.” 
 To the Carnival of Debt Management @ Credit Card Lowdown, I submitted “How I don’t overspend on a CC“.  And the Carnival of Personal Finance @ MoneyNing, I submitted “Can you stop the worry?”
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Thank you very, very much to Mrs. Micah @ Mrs. Micah’s Financial Life.   I couldn’t have done the blog move without all the help. Also she’s still giving much needed and required advice.  Please check out her site for the great tips on finance.

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A question on a message board was, what is the financial limit you will spend on your pet? Is there a hard line in the sand where you will not pay to care for your pet?About 30 answers later and only one person had said they had a limit. That one person said it was [...]

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This week MP Dunleavy wrote about “Are you afraid to look poor?” Another interesting article. She says that keeping up with the Joneses is wanting to look rich, but afraid of looking poor is entirely different. I have to say I actually agree with her two definitions. One is rooted in pride and the other [...]

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My Post “Lucky moves or smart choices” is in the sweet sixteen finals over at Free Money Finance. Vote for it so it can move on, and have a chance to win $500 for charity.
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I forgot to mention I’m participating in the March Madness tournament at Free Money Finance. Please check out all the great posts for the 64 post competition. I’ve won my first round and moving on with my post “Lucky“. Please vote and enjoy.
Also I will be trying to move the blog soon.

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So I got a call this morning from the dealership. They wanted to know who told me I needed the water pump and timing belt done. Turns out they were wrong. Apparently what it turned out to be was a cracked thermometer, sepentine belt, and friction belt. They showed me the [...]

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