| Out of Debt Again

It Looks Like We Might Be Refinancing Our Home

By Mrs. Accountability on August 31st, 2009

And… rolling in the credit card debt. I know it’s usually the last thing that anyone ever advises, but having given it a lot of thought over the past year I believe we can make it work for us as an effective debt reduction strategy.

I’m a little blown away by what our credit [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Garden Gleanings in August

By Mrs. Accountability on August 29th, 2009

Amazingly I managed to harvest some eggplant from the garden yesterday morning. I was surprised to see how many eggplant had grown over the last week or so. I guess since the temperatures are not so horribly high, although we were scheduled for a heatwave high of 114°F yesterday. In the photo you’ll see [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

My Long Lost Kill-A-Watt Finally Found!

By Mrs. Accountability on August 28th, 2009

On September 5th last year we signed up for our current broadband Internet connection. Previously we were paying $69.99 per month and $55 for our land line. This new service offered VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and a much faster connection for $59.99 a month (see the previous post for speed tests), so we [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

I Can Finally Roll Down My Window

By Mrs. Accountability on August 27th, 2009

Surprise from my hubby… back when he fixed the air conditioning on my vehicle… he bought another part that I’ve been doing without for more than a year. His reasoning was we would have paid $110 for the blower assembly new, and since we saved $80, and since he was already at the junk [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]