Get Rich Slowly has a great story of When to Replace Common Household Items.
When we moved into our house a little over four years ago we had great appliances. We actually bought the house from a great couple and they even left us a huge list to get to know the house. It was awesome. [...]
A few weeks ago I looked in the classifieds for the first time in over a year. Garage sale season has started up here and I was looking at how many are in our area. Also in the garage sale section was an advertisement for a bookstore having a going out of business sale - [...]
We finally joined our local Y last week. We debated doing so last year but never got around to it. My husband recently quit smoking and drinking coffee and needed to have an outlet so working out it is! The application fee was waived (since we are military) and the family fee is manageable.
I’m [...]
PayPerPost never ceases to be controversial and the announcement of securing $7 million in funding has simply brought on another round. I haven’t read many reviews, but I hope people can stop questioning various bloggers blog ethics. Since when is earning money selling your soul? I for one am very happy for Ted Murphy and [...]
We are having another baby! She is definitely a surprise baby and we are all excited. My husband has been thrilled since the moment we found out. My kids have been so excited too - they ask how the baby is feeling, how big the baby is, when she is going to get here. As [...]
I can feel it. Since my desktop died a couple of weeks ago I have yet to find a new financial program to keep track of our accounts with. I started a new excel spreadsheet and started keeping track but I’m doing what I used to do - obsessing about checking our balance online.
For some [...]
The past couple of months we’ve been doing great with our credit cards. We typically make a large payment onto it, buy groceries, gas, etc., and then come home and pay the credit card again whatever the groceries, gas, etc., cost. We are earning airline miles (I know, it will take forever for us to [...]
Well I got the new dryer today. I did take advantage of the sale that Sears was having and was in and out of the store in about 15 minutes! That included the pick up time, which I was glad only claimed to have taken 21 seconds. It fit in the van and we came [...]
I found three places for dryers - two via craigslist and one on ebay. The two from craigslist never contacted me again and the one on ebay is an hour and a half away. If the dryer 1 1/2 hours away costs $150, plus a round trip tank of gas would be about $50, plus [...]
Despite my best efforts to repair the dryer, it looks like we’ll have to buy a new one. I’m disappointed because I was hoping I could fix it! I admit I didn’t try everything I could - but I also admit I’m kind of afraid to. I had a heck of a time taking it [...]