Daily Archives: November 26, 2007

Day 86: DIY Auto Repair and Santa’s Helper

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 26, 2007
Advance Auto Parts — $3.70 I bought a 2-pack of Syl­va­nia bulbs for The Tanks’ back-up lights (read about my adven­ture here). New bulb:  $1.85. Labor to fix non-functional back-up light:  $0.00 Bond­ing, learn­ing expe­ri­ence with the son:  Priceless Best Buy — $38.71 I stopped in to pick up the cam­era I’d pur­chased on-line last night.  While there, I learned a [...]
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Raising Financially Responsible Children

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 26, 2007
The Women’s Per­sonal Finance Net­work (of which I am a proud mem­ber) is cur­rently high­light­ing the sub­ject of How to Raise Finan­cially Respon­si­ble Chil­dren.  I have a lot of thoughts on this issue — some of which I’ve already shared on this blog in my Kids and Money cat­e­gory.  Other thoughts will come out in the [...]
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Maintenance Monday: Auto Safety Check-Up

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 26, 2007
I was all set to con­tinue with my bath­room theme for today’s Main­te­nance Mon­day post, but an inci­dent yes­ter­day inspired me to write about auto main­te­nance instead. As I was pulling out of The Home Depot park­ing lot yes­ter­day, a guy came run­ning up behind us and told me that my left back-up light wasn’t work­ing.  After thank­ing [...]
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