2010 May | Out of Debt Again

Arizona's Changing Its Method of Withholding

By Mrs. Accountability on May 26th, 2010

For as long as I can remember, the state of Arizona has taken a percentage of our Federal withholding. But that is about to change. Beginning on July 1st, 2010,

For example, let’s say your gross pay is $1000 and your Federal withholding is 7% of your gross, or $70.00. Your Arizona state withholding [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Top Referrers April 2010

By Mrs. Accountability on May 24th, 2010

I just realized I forgot to post my top referrers for the month of April 2010 (according to Google Analytics). Thank you very much for including me at your blog!

Funny About Money Ultimate Money Blog Soaps Gone Buy Enemy of Debt The Centsible Life I Pick Up Pennies Simple Life in France Frugal [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Does Your Bank Have Paperless Withdrawals?

By Mrs. Accountability on May 24th, 2010

Every Thursday I withdraw $200 from our checking account to give to Mr. A for the groceries he will be buying and his “allowance”.

Some time ago, withdrawal slips were removed from the customer area, I was told they are viewed as a “check” so they don’t like to have them readily available. You [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Update on the Discovery Card Debt Reduction Plan

By Mrs. Accountability on May 22nd, 2010

At the end of March thanks to the encouragement and voting choices of my readers, I made a commitment to get rid of the debt on our Discover credit card since they’d jacked up our interest rate, and I thought I’d give you an update on how we’re doing with our goal. The balance [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Spring 2010 Gardening

By Mrs. Accountability on May 20th, 2010

I prefer starting seeds myself because I can be selective about the vegetables I am growing not to mention seeds are considerably less than live baby plants. I have a big jar of seeds in my refrigerator; I keep them there because it extends their life.

However, this year by the time it started [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Review: Quicken 2010 Deluxe

By Mrs. Accountability on May 19th, 2010

I have used Quicken for seven years. I started out with Quicken 2001 back in 2003. In July 2008 I upgraded to a newer (used) computer and could not locate my Quicken CDs so I ended up moving to Quicken 2008.

In March, AJ and I went in together on a new desktop computer, [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Raising Your State Withholding to Cover Federal - Does It Make Any Sense?

By Mrs. Accountability on May 18th, 2010

I know of a person who has his state withholding from his payroll check set high purposely to remove $1300 more than is necessary, since he regularly owes about that amount to the Federal government.

I don’t feel comfortable challenging his method, nor do I feel he would take kindly to my making some [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Blast from the Past - May 2008

By Mrs. Accountability on May 17th, 2010

Hello to all my dear readers, will you walk with me down memory lane?

On the first I wrote Stimulate The Economy! and on the second did a Book Review: 101 Ways to Really Satisfy Your Customers and wrote about our Balance Transfer Saga.

On the third I wrote about the Deadline for Filing [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Friday Finds May 14th

By Mrs. Accountability on May 14th, 2010

Another week has already flown by! Here are some posts I found interesting in the past week:

Beating Broke gives us an update: My Wife Quit Her Job : One Year Later. Sounds like she made a good decision to quit her job and start her own business! Financial Samurai tells us there are [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Finally - Our 2008 Tax Refund Arrived

By Mrs. Accountability on May 13th, 2010

Back in January, I reported what Arizona had done with our 2008 income tax refund (not the 2009 refund, mind you).

I called again in February and was told it was going to take some time for the money to route through the system so I needed to be aware of that and give [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]