All posts by Mrs. Accountability

A Great Deal on Business Cards

saving money, spending money
This past week I ordered 250 business cards and paid ~$9.67 for them. I've been working for the same company since 2001. I've never had my own business cards, for a couple of reasons. 1) I don't seem to have much need for them 2) The agency for which I work is a non-profit and we are always running low on funds. In an uncharacteristic turn of events, my request to go to a financial conference being held in town… Read the rest

How I Got In and Out of Debt The First Time

Carnivals, credit cards
I was a welfare mom with $6000 in credit card debt. Living at poverty level made credit card use almost a necessity some months, yet I knew deep down inside it was wrong. I didn't want to be in debt, so I did something about it. Here's my story. I started working full time when I was 16 years old, and continued to work after my first son was born when I was 23. When my baby was about six… Read the rest

Budget Busters

spending money
Here's our Budget Busters: 1. Gasoline. I'd have the say the number one budget buster for us is gasoline. My job is 48 miles away from our home, and so far all of Mr. A's jobs for his business are 60-90 miles away from our home. The only thing I can say about Mr. A's business is at least he can deduct for those miles. You would cry if I told you what we spent total on gasoline for our… Read the rest

What I Learned About Google Adsense Today

Money
I added Google Adsense ads to my site through my Blogger Dashboard sometime ago. Well, I thought that's how I signed up for them. I didn't really remember signing up, and over the weekend I started wondering how in the world do I even make contact with Adsense to see if I'm even earning anything at all? I usually keep all my passwords and usernames in one place as I join new sites, and I couldn't find anything related to… Read the rest