Cheap Date Ideas

Last year I wrote about our second anniversary date and funny enough as it turns out we had a similar anniversary date for our third anniversary this week.   Mr. A wanted to go into the big city to an event he’d been looking forward to attending, and on our way back home we stopped [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Credit Card Report October 2010

Well shoot. It appears the last time I made a report on our credit card debt was back in April!   Time sure does fly!

In April, our credit card debt was at $20,731.85.  I am quite pleased to report that we continue to go steadily pay that amount down, and are now at $15,537.02. [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Top Referrers September 2010

Many thanks to my top referrers for the month of September 2010 (according to Google Analytics). Thank you very much!

Ultimate Money Blog Wisebread Funny About Money The Saved Quarter Enemy of Debt The Digerati Life I Pick Up Pennies Girl with the Red Balloon Debt Marathon Little House in the Valley Graceful Retirement [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Paperback Book Swap - How Paperbackswap.com Works

Photo: stack of books, Ballard, Seattle, Washington by Wonderlane

I wrote about joining Paperbackswap about one year ago in August. I listed ten books so that I could get two free credits.  Each book is worth 1 credit once it has been received by the requestor.  A few were asked for right away, but the remainder have sat on my “bookshelf” for the [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

My Guest Post at The Digerati Life

Cookie Exchange at The River 2006

My guest post at The Digerati Life is up – Baking Cookies and Sharing Them in a Cookie Exchange! Thank you SVB for including my post today!

I’m feeling better, but life has totally got into the way of blogging. First the head cold helped none with regards to actual coherent thinking, [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Natural Cold Treatments - 10 Ways to Treat Your Cold Naturally and Save Money

Kleenex by Micah Taylor

I tend to be a person who prefers to use natural cold treatments.

Not only does it save money, but I prefer to honor my body’s ability to heal itself and I would rather aid healing rather than force a cure onto myself with chemicals.

I woke up on Friday morning with a painful [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Buying My Gasoline at Costco

I’ve had a Costco card for quite a long time through my employer, but I’ve rarely taken advantage of the savings on gasoline.

Part of the reason is because I have to get off the freeway and drive one mile down the road to get to Costco.  So I’m driving an extra two miles [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

6 Tips for Decorating On a Budget

I have not done a lot of decorating but whenever I did, it always had to be done on a budget!!

Here are my top six tips for decorating on a budget. As you read through, please think of your favorites and leave it in the comments below.

Decide on your budget. How much [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

My Computer Works, Does Yours?

My Computer Works

Catchy little phrase, eh?  “My computer works, does yours?” is the slogan for My Computer Works.  My Computer Works offers computer support in your home via your Internet connection.  Did you ever wish you had someone you could call when you have a problem with your computer but didn’t know who to turn to?  [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Have You Ever Told Someone In The Grocery Store About Sale Items?

Or am I the only person that does that?

I don’t do it a lot, but sometimes I just can’t help myself.   Last week I stopped by Food City (locally owned) because brown onions were on sale six pounds for 96 cents. That’s SIXTEEN cents a pound!  We use a lot of onions and [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]