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Splurging: A Slice of Heaven in Rehoboth Beach
A week or so ago Kim & I were in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware for our usual May romp at the beach. I love the slower, empty pace of the beach during the off-season and the weather is usually ripe enough for poking around on the beach and paddling (unless of course when we bring in…
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Miscellaneous Expenses: Where Did My Money Go?
“Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them.” — Sally Poplin On Friday, my beloved Bose “Noise Cancelling” Headphones broke just before the flight home from a long week of work in Europe. Snapped in half is a better description. I was just settling into Seat 20B when…
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Almost Debt Free: Making a Budget Possible
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.” — Herman Hesse Merriam-Webster defines a budget as “the amount of money that is available for, required for, or assigned to a particular purpose.” As Nina pointed out earlier, not many people spend with purpose. They just spend without regard…
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Wardrobe Refashioning
Perhaps it’s because the weather is so beautiful. Perhaps it’s because vegetables are sprouting in our garden. Whatever the reason, I’ve been feeling creative. While surfing the internet one day, I found video instruction for turning a t-shirt into a cute tank top. The video insisted with a few scissor snips and a some stitches…
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Not So Starving Artists: 4 tricks
Trick One: Stop “Big Break” Thinking. For a while I checked my email before bed expecting to see a letter asking if Faith Hill could buy a few of my songs. Truthfully, sudden income is hard to gain and extremely easy to lose (spend!); i.e., people who win the lottery can end up bankrupt…
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Brazen Careerist Lesson #1: Not about money
“Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.” — James Matthew Barrie After reading my review copy of Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success, I immediately gave it to Jeanine and purchased two more for her brother and her best friend. The book from career columnist, Penelope Trunk is unconventional…
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Sleeping with Money: Oh Great, New Relationship is Now Long Distance
When a couple gets involved in a long distance relationship (LDR), they sign up for more than the emotional cost of being separated. LDRs get expensive to maintain, not so much with communication thanks to technology, but really because of rising transportation costs. There’s no dispute that a LDR is worth every penny for a…
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Overdraft Protection is NOT A Line of Credit!
I’m writing this with gritted teeth, because I am so insanely mad at myself over the whole overdraft protection thing. As I mentioned in my last post, Mommy Dearest has saved my butt on this issue numerous times of late, as I’ve been a jobless college student spending an ungodly amount of hours on public…
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Pooh Bank as Fun Money
In our house the “what to do with spare change” question got answered very early on. It goes into the Winnie the Pooh bank atop the refrigerator. While we have no kids, I am a kid in big person clothes when it comes to a little Winnie the Pooh so the bank graces our otherwise…
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Weekend Entreprenuer: An Interview With a Hobbyists Turned Capitalists
Adam Nelson recently interviewed a leader in his queer community who maintains a double life. Meet Kevin Waters a full-time civil servant who also runs a successful antiquing business on evenings and weekends. As a motivational speaker, Adam was wondering what motivates and inspires others to start and run a small business. What he learned…
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