How Can I Use My Leftover Yarn? Donate Preemie Hats

One great way to use up leftover yarn is to make preemie hats and donate them to hospitals.

Wool Works: Knitting for Charity has a comprehensive list for organizations throughout the United States that accept donations for children in need. You might also consider asking your local hospital(s) if they have need for preemie [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Friday Finds

This week I participated in the Carnival of Money Stories #42 hosted by Personal Finance by the Book which included my post: Happy Valentine’s Day. Thanks for for including me, Joe!

Some posts that I liked at the CoMS2:

Super Saver presents Why We Chose a 30 Year Mortgage posted at My Wealth Builder.  I like [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Pixie Colour Picker – My Favorite Free Computer Tools

One of the things I love about the Internet is all the free programs you can find. Today I want to tell you about one of my favorites, Nattyware’s Pixie Colour Picker.

Pixie Colour Picker was created for webmasters and designers, and with the explosion of blogs across the Internet more people are learning [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

We’re Making Double Payments – Why Is the Interest Still So High?

One of my readers, OregonSun sent me an email about a recent loan asking, “We have a loan that is on simple interest.  Even though we are making double the payments, the balance (interest we are paying) doesn’t seem to be reducing the way I thought it would.  Am I doing something wrong?”

I [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

How I Spent My $25 Big Lots Gift Card

I thought I’d share with you how I spent my gift card from Big Lots. Mr. A was with me, and wanted the miniature shovel for $8.00.

I bought two pillows, one for me and one for Big A. I usually buy $5 pillows from Walmart, but I thought these Ralph Lauren pillows would [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

January 2010 Monthly Report

Okay, we were under budget on a lot of items.  I always like seeing that gasoline amount come in under budget, and no major car repairs.

We went over budget on Beauty/Sundries by $9.96. The main item to push me over in this category is the purchase of the Shikai lotion [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

My Guest Post over at The Digerati Life

Today SVB at The Digerati Life has been kind enough to feature me as a guest blogger with my post Guide To Sewing Buttons: How To Sew On A Button Correctly.   My tutorial has instructions, plus photos. Go on over and check it out, take a look around SVB’s blog and subscribe to her [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Meet Brad Chaffee from Enemy of Debt

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Today Brad Chaffee from Enemy of Debt and I are exchanging question and answer posts. Brad eliminated $26K worth of debt in 18 months and is determined to never be in debt ever again!  Wow, that is fantastic!

After you read Brad’s answers here, go over to his site and read my answers. And [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Friday Finds

I didn’t participate in any carnivals this week, but I still found some good stuff out there in the blogosphere:

Mr. Credit Card has stirred up quite a discussion over at Fiscal Fizzle with his guest post Is Passive Income Real? The frugal and green-minded Mrs. Money asks Is Climate Change a Hoax? at [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

What Really Happened on Valentine’s Day

Thanks to everyone who voted, that was fun. I hope you got a little chuckle out of my Valentine’s Day post.

Mr. A told me the story of what happened, and it wasn’t quite that way, but while he was telling me we started thinking of how funny it would be if the [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]