Category Archives: Money

Mother’s Day is Coming!

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Oh my goodness, it's only four days away! Everyone has a mother, and all mothers love to be noticed on Mother's Day. What will you get your mother for Mother's Day? I began a tradition a couple of years ago and that was to send a Mother's Day card not only to my mother and mother-in-law, but also to each of my four sisters. I also pick out cards for my children to send their grandmothers. With the exorbitant price… Read the rest

COBRA Medical Benefits

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I have always heard that COBRA costs exorbitant amounts of money each month to keep one's medical insurance going along steadily. In fact, the amount I'd heard bandied (bantied?) around at my job was $1000 each month. Mr. A doesn't care about medical or dental insurance since he never goes to the doctor, and so it wasn't a concern that he wasn't covered. I am able to cover our 18 year old until he turns 19 in the fall, so… Read the rest

My Birthday’s Around the Corner

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I turn 45 this month. I've always liked having a May birthday because it's far enough away from Christmas. Once I became a mother, Mother's Day became another day of celebration for me. I don't like to spend a lot of money on myself, and feel guilty when I do. But when my birthday's around the corner, I find myself easing up on the restriction and actually buy myself a few things I have wanted. I typically find myself giving… Read the rest

Stimulate The Economy!

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I planned to bank our stimulus check when it arrived, to pay back the income taxes we had to pay out. But our 1989 F150 had other plans. It decided it was time to have its transmission rebuilt. To the tune of $950. I don't expect that we'll see our stimulus check until mid-June. Since we had to pay, I didn't realize had I filled in the direct deposit section, we'd be getting our money back four weeks earlier! OUT… Read the rest