Category Archives: Money

My On and Off Again Love Affair with eBay

Money
If you are visiting from the Carnival of Money Stories II hosted at The Suburban Dollar, welcome to Out of Debt Again!  Thank you Kyle for including my post in today's carnival! A few years ago when I was working only three days a week, and Mr. A was the full time stay at home dad-guy, I had a LOT more time to eBay. I used to love it. The thrill of putting up an auction, then checking in to… Read the rest

Trying the Cash Method Again

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If you are visiting from the Money Hacks Carnival hosted at Four Pillars, welcome to Out of Debt Again! Thank you Mike for including my post in today's carnival! Happy Labor Day! I'm off today, but working just the same. I've already reconciled one credit card account for July and August, and our main checking account for August. I thought I ought to let y'all know we're going to try the cash method again. Here's how it came about… a… Read the rest

More Love of my Car’s AC

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About three or four or maybe even five years ago, I had to stop using the air on my Pathfinder on the high setting otherwise it would make a weird whirring noise. Whatever it was doing, I was afraid it would break if I kept running it on high, so I never took it past medium after that. A couple of weeks ago, after Mr. A fixed my air conditioner, it occurred to me that maybe I could now use… Read the rest

My Long Lost Kill-A-Watt Finally Found!

saving money
On September 5th last year we signed up for our current broadband Internet connection.  Previously we were paying $69.99 per month and $55 for our land line.  This new service offered VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and a much faster connection for $59.99 a month (see the previous post for speed tests), so we canceled the old Internet and our regular land line.  AJ and I are the ones on the Internet, and we really, really love having this faster… Read the rest