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The Cost of Pet Adoption
I’m a sucker for dogs. It doesn’t matter if the dog is a Great Dane or a teacup chihuahua – I’m going to love it just the same. There’s just something about those wet noses and wagging tails that never gets old. And despite the fact that Shannon and I already have 4 cats in…
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Everything You Ever Really Needed to Know About Personal Finance On Just One Page
‘œEverything You Ever Really Needed to Know About Personal Finance on Just One Page‘ is a 49 page personal finance book. Trent Hamm at The Simple Dollar put it together to summarize the key points on personal finance. The cover of this document tells you the whole story. Everything you really need to know abut…
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Creating a really, really free community based economy
Really Really Free Markets (RRFM) are a great way to meet and share material items, resources, and skills with members of your community. Best of all, everything is 100% absolutely free! RRFM’s are based on the “gift economy“, meaning people bring things they no longer want and anyone who attends can take anything they need.…
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My Financial Implosion: Finding Housing with Bad Credit
‘œAnd homeless near a thousand homes I stood, and near a thousand tables pined and wanted food.’ ‘“ William Wordsworth Two weeks ago I wrote about how to avoid homelessness in the event you’ve been hit by a financial disaster. For most of us, money problems don’t last forever, and eventually circumstances change for…
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Should I fund my 401(k), Roth, or traditional IRA?
There are three types of retirement investment accounts for employees: 401(k), Roth IRA, and the traditional IRA. If your employer offers a match to your 401(k) contributions, then your first priority should be to contribute enough to the 401(k) to maximize any employer match. For example, your employer may offer to match 50% of the…
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Micro-Enterprises for the Gamefully Unemployed
Lately I’ve been thinking about ways I can leverage things that I am already doing for my family for the benefit of others. Specifically employed “others” who might be willing to exchange a few dollars for a beneficial service. Full time employment is an enormous commitment of time and energy and it does not leave…
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Does Women’s Trusting Culture Help Identity Thieves?
What brought this train of thought on? Well, I had read an article on Identity Theft earlier in the day where along with the fact that such theft is committed overwhelmingly (more than 50%) by someone the victim knows, (family member, friend, or coworker), among other things it stated a victim of identity theft was…
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Stretch Your Food Dollar: Canned Good Creations
An article in yesterday’s New York Times made me smile. Food companies are shifting the focus of their advertisements and trying to convince consumers that convenience foods can help families stretch their food dollars. According to the article: Kraft and Nestlé, which make those products, are among the growing ranks of marketers playing up the…
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How many are the things I can do without
I read my news online, of course, and since I’m a technological, work-from-home kind of person who can browse websites with indiscretion, I often go to geek sites like wired.com. Sadly, I recently encountered an ad for a child’s computer and immediately went into ‘˜I want this and now!!’ mode. The fact that two toddlers…
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Review: The Wallstrip Edge by Howard Lindzon
Giveaway alert: I have one copy to give away to the best comment below! For the last couple of years, Jeanine and I have included, ‘œOpen an online brokerage account,’ on our list of goals. Year after year, it’s one that we haven’t been able to check off the list ‘“ partly because I wasn’t…
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