Interesting Car-Buying Side Note: Our Credit Score
Ever since taking on the task of becoming a little more financially savvy — starting this blog was part of that effort as well as doing a whole lot of reading and research — I’ve been curious about our credit score. Sure, I’ve done the three free annual credit reports and they always come out [...]
Is It Possible I’m Doing Something Right?
The Son is 14. Despite the fact that he’s a bit quirky and probably has Asperger’s, he’s a pretty typical 14-year-old boy.
Lately he has started drawing my attention to TV commercials for iPhone applications that he thinks are very, very cool. So cool that Mr. Even-Tempered’s eyes get all big and shiny and he exclaims, [...]
Good Thing I’m Not a Coffee Drinker
I don’t drink coffee. In fact, I have never, in all my 44 years, had a cup of coffee. Why? I don’t know. I guess because I hate the smell.
No matter my original reasons for eschewing Java, the list of benefits just increased from two to three.
We all know about the “Latte factor.” I’m not [...]
Someone Pinch Me!
I never thought it could happen. No matter how much I wanted it to happen, no matter how much I knew it should happen, I never thought it would happen.
President-elect Barack Hussein Obama!!
The Son and I attended a 504 meeting this morning. Then he went to class and I went to the local Obama [...]
Halloween: Frugal Costumes Bring in Record Hauls
I will say right now, I’m not a big fan of Halloween. I hate the commercialism. I’m not big on the scary stuff or the gore. I don’t like the concentration on candy or kids walking around after dark. And I despise the very concept of paying hard-earned dollars on incredibly tacky and over-commercialized store-bought [...]
My Mother’s Day Gift
The following post is not money-related. It is, however, Mom-related. And since I’m first and foremost a Mom (and the recipient of the gift in question) and since almost all of my expenses are either directly or indirectly for my children’s benefit, I feel, with just small stretch of the imagination, justified in posting this [...]
8 Things I Don’t Buy (a new meme maybe?)
I spend a lot of time on this blog enumerating the things I spend money on. In fact, that’s its main intent and purpose of this blog — a daily accounting of my expenditures.
I think you can learn a lot about a person and a family simply by looking at how they spend their money.
In the [...]







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