Gather Little by Little

This article is part of the Ask the M-Network series.  Gina submitted a question and asked:

Which is better: a credit card with cash back rewards or a credit card with rewards you cash in (e.g. get gift card for reward points)?

A co-worker asked me this question today. I found an MSN article that breaks it down, but it is from the perspective of “industry experts”. I was wondering what the GLBL “advisory” group thought about this question – they are more likely to actually USE a card with rewards.

Click to continue reading...

Last week we had a pretty major wind storm here in the NC mountains. Wind storms aren’t unusual, but this one was much stronger than usual. We awoke the next morning to find some of our outdoor furniture blown around, but everything else appeared fine. My two older boys and I climbed into the SUV to head to the bus stop. At the bottom of our street we found our metal street sign laying in the road. We then proceeded on down the mountain. As we came around a turn, we found a large tree laying across the road, no way to get around.

Click to continue reading...

I know, not a late model Impala, but couldn’t resist an opportunity to post a classic car picture!

This article is part of the Ask the M-Network series.  June submitted a question and asked:

My car lease is up in Oct 09 – I want to buy the car, but what am I entitled
too..like, warranty, etc. It will only have 36,000 miles. A Chevy Impala…4 door.
thank you

Click to continue reading...

On January 21st I wrote a review of the Nuru personal finance cards I received from Nuru Planet. At the end of the review I announced that I would be giving them away to one lucky commentator.

I received comments from 16 different people. I visited random.org and had it generate a random number to select as the winner. Random.org returned a value of 7 and Stacy who said “I’d love to be able to use them to teach my kids about finance!” is the winner!

Congratulations to Stacy who has been contacted via email. Thanks to everyone that entered!

Welcome again to Money Saving Monday here on Gather Little by Little. Here’s another list of creative uses for dyer sheets courtesy of my wife and her mom’s forums. As with my 15 uses for coffee filters, I don’t have the original source to site. Here’s 25 uses for dryer sheets:

Click to continue reading...

1. Dusting: used dryer sheets can knock the dust off nearly any surface, including furniture, blinds, car interiors, baseboards/molding. Also works for on saw dust and drywall compound.