Archive for February, 2009

5 dollars really adds up!

I read about a woman who saved her $5 bills for 3 years and saved $12,000! I thought it would be cool to conduct my own experiment & see what I could do for the month of December. Up until this decision, I didn’t use a lot of cash, mostly my debit card, but I [...]

The Friday gathering – The joys of home ownership

I love owning a home and in general enjoy the challenges of repairing my own home, making improvements, etc.  I say generally because what I don’t enjoy is the fact that most often the big problems happen at the worst times.  Either that or they are beyond my ability to repair and require me having [...]

Financially overwhelmed

Do you ever feel financially overwhelmed?  Over the past two weeks we’ve had to pay property taxes on our rental home, home owners association (HOA) dues for our current home and rental house, our car registrations came due, a few bills were due, and another misc expense.
Under normal circumstances, none of these issues should have [...]