Monthly Archives: November 2007

Something Extra to be Thankful For

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 27, 2007
I know that Thanks­giv­ing is now just a dis­tant, pleas­ant mem­ory for most but I hope you’ll for­give me for my belated Thanks­giv­ing post. I’ve just been look­ing over my YNAB bud­get* and dis­cov­ered an unfore­seen ben­e­fit of the hol­i­day — a lower gaso­line bill this month.  With The Daugh­ter being out of school for a whole week and [...]
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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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Day 85: A Wall, Kitchen Utensils, Soap, and Pizza

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 25, 2007
Our new retain­ing wall has been poured and is cur­ing as we speak — com­plete with hand­prints of The Daugh­ter, The Son, and myself.  Today’s labor cost me $100 plus a few slices of pie and two glasses of milk ;-) After all the cement was mixed and the wall poured, we ended up with three extra bags of [...]
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