Monthly Archives: January 2010

This Time I Really Did Find an Accountant!

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OH! What a relief it is! I have finally found an accountant. I found her by doing a Google search for accountants in Arizona; I emailed her, and she emailed back. That is a good sign! We talked for forty minutes on Friday, and she answered several of my questions. She charges $65 an hour for phone consultation and tech support for Quickbooks, which is the biggest area in which I need her help. I am very happy to have… Read the rest

Carnival Submissions This Week

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Out of Debt Again entered two carnivals this week. My post Once Upon a Time I Bought a Lemon of a Car was included at the Carnival of Money Stories over at The Dough Roller's place. Some of the other stories I liked: Bucksome Boomer's An Offer I Could Refuse – she and her husband just finished paying off her car and got a call from the dealer two days later. Jessica's Top Ten Money Mistakes over at Debt Kid.… Read the rest

My Love/Hate Relationship with Gift Cards

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I love getting gift cards, because then I can buy myself anything I want. On the other hand, I hate gift cards because I tend to want to hold onto them until I really need something from that particular store. It's also sometimes hard to find the time to go shopping there. My mother in law gave me a gift card (over a year ago!) that someone had given her for Ross Dress for Less. The first time I used… Read the rest

Dust Your Computer – Save Its Life

Free Is Good
My computer has been making this really loud whirring sound.  At the same time, the mouse would freeze and everything would come to a dead stop. This would happen very often, I would say every one or two minutes, depending on what I was trying to accomplish. I had a feeling it was dust in the heat sink or fan area.  So I promised myself before I got on the computer for the day that I'd wrestle it from its… Read the rest