Our COBRA Insurance Costs Are Going Down

I just called to find out if Mr. A’s COBRA amount will go down now that AJ turned 19 and is no longer eligible to be covered on his policy.

So our insurance rates might go down from $239.20 to ??? I think maybe by half or more. Anything will be better than what [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

My Son Needs New Shoes – Expensive Shoes

As I’ve mentioned before, our oldest son has Down Syndrome. He’s also got really wide feet. During the summer he can get by with wearing flip-flips but now that winter is coming he really needs a pair of shoes.

AJ (our younger son) has used Zappos in the past and has been very pleased [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Christmas is Coming – Two Months Away!

I cannot believe it is almost time for Christmas!! What do you do for Christmas? Do you send Christmas cards or photo cards? Do you buy gifts for everyone in your family, extended family and friends and coworkers? That can run into a lot of money. We’ve seen it happen in the past on [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

New Computers At Work

We got new computers at work this week, thanks to an extremely generous benefactor. We hired a company to make the change; they started last Friday so every day this week I’ve done nothing but work at getting my computer back to where I need it to be. Changing settings, loading programs, transferring registrations [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

A New Plan for Our Budget

It’s been over a year since I have been trying to batten down the hatches here at Out of Debt Again. Meaning trying to get our family onto a budget.

It’s hard when I’m the only one dealing with the money because I use Quicken and Excel spreadsheets. Mr. A doesn’t really get into [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

A New Place to Share My True Confessions

Over the weekend I checked out a new website called Spendster.org, a place to confess your True Confessions, and let the WHOLE WORLD know how much money you’ve wasted on JUNK. I’ve watched a few of the videos and I can relate to a few, unfortunately. Although I must say the money I’ve wasted [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Carnivals October 21st, 2008

Today two of my posts were included in carnivals this week. Weed Soup was accepted at the Make It From Scratch carnival, hosted by the delightful 11th Heaven’s Homemaking Haven. And my post Hate Weeds? Don’t Kill Them, Eat Them! was accepted at the Festival of Frugality, hosted by the Mighty Bargain Hunter. Thanks [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Credit Scores 2008

I checked my credit scores just over a year ago. I got an email recently that said it was time for my free credit report again. I haven’t done that yet, but last week I read about a place, CreditKarma where you can get your estimated credit score free.

Here’s what it said: Here’s [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Phishing Email from Bank of America

At the end of the day on Thursday I was preparing my computer for being taken from me. We are getting new computers, and our IT manager assures me the new one will be even better than my current one. Our previous IT manager would buy computers or rather give out computers based on [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Weed Soup

If you are visiting from the Make It From Scratch carnival, welcome to Out of Debt Again! Thank you 11th Heaven’s Homemaking Haven for the fantastic effort of hosting this event, (I LOVE that you included photos!) and including my post!

A couple of weeks ago I learned that the weeds coming up in [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]