Monthly Archives: February 2008

Update on the Child Support Saga

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 entire $6000. She was sympathetic, but said there was nothing that could be done to lessen the amount. I told her we could come up with… Read the rest

My Free Roll of Paper Towels

Years ago, when I was a stay at home mother, with lots of time on my hands, but little money, I used coupons. I also shopped several different stores, every week, to buy all the sale items. Truth be told, I got burned out on doing that after about five years. And then there was the few years we lived without a vehicle and it wasn't really possible to shop several stores. During that time we did one big shopping… Read the rest

Life Insurance

This relates to money in a way, since if I die, someone's going to get some money since I pay life insurance. I say “someone” because at the moment my beneficiary is my mother. I am trying to get the beneficiary changed to my husband, but I'm not sure where my policy is at. Therefore, I don't know my policy number. I signed up with Liberty Life Insurance Company at least seven years ago. I moved shortly after that and… Read the rest

Credit Card Report January 2008

Next month I hope to see much less interest on this report as I hope to have the balances transferred to the lower interest rate card within 30 days. In my December 2007 report, I mentioned that the second card is a bit confusing as my sister's cell phone is billed to my credit card. That's changed for this month, as I have switched the payment to deduct from my personal checking account. Nothing is being charged to this credit… Read the rest