Category Archives: Money

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

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

Our New (Used) Washer and Dryer

saving money
Our washer has been showing signs of working less and less effectively in the past couple weeks. I mentioned it to Mr. A, but he didn't have a chance to look into ituntil last night. Our son was washing a load of clothes and Mr. A took a look in the washer to see if there was room for one more item. He called out to me, “Mrs. A, the washer isn't agitating!” I told him I'd mentioned that to… Read the rest