Helping Family Members

If you are visiting from the 22nd Carnival of Money Stories 2 hosted at True Adventures in Money Hacking, welcome to Out of Debt Again! Thank you Wren for including my post in today’s carnival!

Recently in the personal finance blogosphere there have been some posts about helping family members financially, so I thought I’d share my own “helping family members” story.

Before I do that, allow me to give credit … click here to continue reading Helping Family Members

Cash System for Groceries Week 3

Week 3: Monday September 21 to Sunday September 27

Last week we borrowed from this week’s grocery budget and were left with $140.30 for the week.

I was actually a little anxious sitting here entering the receipts, hoping we met our goal to stay under the budget amount.  Mr. A is the one buying the groceries and trying to stay under budget. I’m just reporting the facts.

Here’s how we did:

Whoo!!  We … click here to continue reading Cash System for Groceries Week 3

Did You File An Extension For Your Income Taxes?

If you did file an extension, and if you haven’t already been working on getting your taxes prepared, you better get busy because your extension lasts only until October 15th.  Oh, I scared myself just for a minute there, I was hoping it was October, and not September. Whew.

Anyway, I have worked on getting all of Mr. A’s information from 2008 into Quickbooks in the past few weeks. … click here to continue reading Did You File An Extension For Your Income Taxes?

A Week’s Worth of Veggies for $15

I was able to stop by a “ranch” produce market on Monday afternoon, and quite surprised to see that most of the vegetables and fruits were product of the USA. It is common in Arizona to see that a lot of our produce comes from Mexico.

Here’s what I found:

$2.99 – 4 pounds red grapes
$1.35 – 8 zucchini squash (3.97# @ $0.34/#)
$1.00 – 2 bunches radishes
$1.00 – 2 small … click here to continue reading A Week’s Worth of Veggies for $15

Avoid Swine Flu – Wash Your Hands!

If you watch or listen to the news, you’ll hear a lot about H1N1 aka Swine Flu, but you can do things to lower your chances of getting this or any seasonal influenza.  The main one, which your momma should have taught you, is to wash your hands!

As I’m sure you know, there is a method to washing your hands correctly. The Center for Disease Control tells us how to … click here to continue reading Avoid Swine Flu – Wash Your Hands!

Corporation Harrasses Lazy Man & Money

Just about a year ago at church camp my son and I were targeted by a member of the group trying to sell us Xango Juice, “The Original Mangosteen Supplement”.  She touted all the things it would heal. I was suspicious, as the ingredients seemed to be mostly fruit juices. I still have one of the free bottles she foisted off onto us.

I guess Xango Juice is along the same … click here to continue reading Corporation Harrasses Lazy Man & Money

$500 in Prescriptions – Payment Denied

We made the last co-pay of $145 to Mr. A’s COBRA insurance in August, so his coverage is probably over by now.  Of course, last Thursday we get a notice in the mail that his insurance company can’t pay for some prescriptions filled back in December and January.

Here’s what they said:

Dear Mr. A:

Our records indicate that INSCO insurance company paid for the following prescriptions after you were no … click here to continue reading $500 in Prescriptions – Payment Denied

Cash System for Groceries Week 2

My post Cash System for Groceries Week 1 has been included at the 196th Festival of Frugality over at Green Panda Treehouse.   Please pop on over and check out the Festival, it is chock full of great frugal articles today!

Week 2: Monday September 14th to Sunday September 20th

Every Monday we start out the week with $160 for groceries.

This is the update for week 2 of using the cash system for … click here to continue reading Cash System for Groceries Week 2

OODA – 2 Year Blogoversary Contest

I started Out of Debt Again on September 27th, 2007, so my two year anniversary is coming up soon!

In celebration, I’m going to run a contest until midnight PST Sunday, September 27th, 2008.

Prizes

1st Place: $25 Gift Certificate to Amazon
2nd Place: $10 cash via PayPal
3rd Place: The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss

How to Enter and Earn 1 Entry Point

Simply leave a comment to this blog post. … click here to continue reading OODA – 2 Year Blogoversary Contest

September 2009 Gardening

My garden is still producing.  The watermelon plants have done wonderfully, and I was able to harvest a watermelon a couple of days ago. It is a Malali watermelon. So far this is the largest one, although I believe this variety is supposed to be 10-15 pounds. It came in just under 5 pounds, at 4 pounds 14 ounces. This grew on the netting I made, and I’d given it … click here to continue reading September 2009 Gardening

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