To the Extreme
I must confess to a guilty pleasure: “Extreme Home Makeover” makes me cry. Every week, I bawl like a baby during the big reveal. It’s so heartwarming and bittersweet! I remember a recent episode where a family’s house burned down to the ground and the father died. The three surviving daughters and their mom were [...]
A Penny Saved…
You know the saying, “A penny saved is a penny earned”? This doesn’t make any sense to me. Does the saying mean that if you save a penny, eventually the interest will equal another penny? Or does it mean saving a penny from your paycheck is so difficult that it seems like work just to [...]
Ad Aware
Many legit avenues exist for a budgeting babe to earn some extra cash – selling creative wares, working a weekend retail job for the perks, babysitting your boss’ children, etc. Here’s one I wouldn’t recommend: ****************************************** Company to advertise on man’s forehead By Associated Press Published January 25, 2005 OMAHA, Neb. — A Web-page designer [...]
Snowed In
There’s nothing like a snowstorm to bring out the child in all of us. The wonderful sound of newly fallen snow crunching under a thick-soled boot is inevitably followed by laughter, giggles and chuckles from adults and children alike. This weekend, as I ran errands on foot through high winds and piles of snow often [...]
401-Kraziness
I mentioned last month that my company was recently bought out by a larger conglomerate, and I was having a hard time translating what would happen to my 401K due to a really poorly written brochure. Since then I’ve received a ton of mailings on the subject from my employer, consulted my Suze Ormon books [...]
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