2008 February | Out of Debt Again

RSS Feeds

By Mrs. Accountability on February 29th, 2008

I’ve been wanting to put RSS feeds on my site for some time. I finally decided to tackle it today.

If you want to learn how to put RSS feeds on your site, start here with this informational post from Blogging Basics 101. Just remember to wait for 30 minutes for the links to [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

New Direction

By Mrs. Accountability on February 29th, 2008

I’ve said before, you can analyze things and plan and figure it all out, but sometimes when it’s time, it’s time. For example, I have a couple of women friends who are biding their time in their marriages, because they aren’t sure they would be able to make it on their own. One is [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Deeper Into Debt

By Mrs. Accountability on February 23rd, 2008

I knew it was upcoming, but it wasn’t actually on a credit card, so I had not accounted for it publicly on this blog. My trackers will change in the next few days, as I update the new credit card debt. The money to pay the child support.

Here’s what they look like as [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Flushing Money Down The Drain

By Mrs. Accountability on February 22nd, 2008

In this post I’m going to do a cost analysis on Costco toilet paper vs. my long time favorite ScotTissue toilet paper.

Everyone uses toilet paper, unless you’re extremely frugal and then you might use cloth toilet paper also known as family cloth. I have to admit when I first heard about family cloth [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

How To Build Credit Using a Bank Secured Credit Card

By Mrs. Accountability on February 21st, 2008

Learning your credit scores will enable you to monitor your credit health. If you need to build credit, one of the easiest ways to do so is to apply for a bank secured credit card.

It doesn’t matter if you have no credit (which can sometimes be worse than bad credit), this [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Helping Family Out Financially

By Mrs. Accountability on February 20th, 2008

I’ve mentioned my sister’s phone bill being charged to me a couple of times on this blog.

Here’s the skinny on that particular scenario.

The main problem is my sister has really bad credit, and when she wanted to get a cell phone for business purposes back in 2001, she asked if I would [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Blast From The Past – 2000

By Mrs. Accountability on February 19th, 2008

I thought it would be an interesting comparison to look at our expenditures while we were living below the poverty level, and now that we have a lot more money coming in.

I took the totals for six months in the year 2000, added them together and divided them by six. I did the [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

My Auto Insurance Savings

By Mrs. Accountability on February 18th, 2008

One of the offers through MyPoints.com recently was NetQuote. It came via an email offer. I clicked on it, and noticed I could get a 1000 point bonus if I signed up for a quote, and none of the offers could beat my current insurance.

In 2005, being the only driver on my 9 [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Excel Can Help You Calculate

By Mrs. Accountability on February 16th, 2008

I know there are hundreds of online calculators to be found, but I grow weary of the delay in response due to my Internet connection. I have satellite internet — it is the only “fast” Internet available out in the country. I pay for the cheapest connection, which is rather expensive at $50/month. I [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Update on the Child Support Saga

By Mrs. Accountability on February 15th, 2008

As I shared in an earlier post Past Due Child Support, in spite of the fact that Mr. A and I have remarried, he is still liable for child support due to the state of Arizona.

I called my child support caseworker and explained that we had been unable to come up with the [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]