Just about a year ago at church camp my son and I were targeted by a member of the group trying to sell us Xango Juice, “The Original Mangosteen Supplement”.  She touted all the things it would heal. I was suspicious, as the ingredients seemed to be mostly fruit juices. I still have one of the free bottles she foisted off onto us.

I guess Xango Juice is along the same … click here to continue reading Corporation Harrasses Lazy Man & Money

During my little break from blogging, among other things, I did manage to get Christmas “thank you” cards sent out to Mr. A’s 2008 customers.

As I was looking for some sample ways to say thank you (what did I ever do before the Internet?) on the Christmas cards, okay “holiday” cards (don’t want to offend anyone) it occurred to me that we should also be sending thank you cards throughout … click here to continue reading Thank You, Customers!

I’m not interested in playing credit card arbitrage, but it looks like I’m going to be engaging in it whether I like it or not.

If you notice I updated my debt progress bars… we had to put more money onto another of my credit cards… with a nearly 15% interest rate. This happened for two reasons: 1) Mr. A bought machinery for his business which increased his business debt. Perhaps … click here to continue reading Time to Rollover My Credit Card Debt

I met several new bloggers by hosting the 130th Festival of Frugality on Tuesday and one of the bloggers I met was not only new to me, but he’s new to blogging. Too Smart to Live Like This wrote yesterday prompted by a post of Paid Twice’s post What’s Your Life-Changing Money? and realized that his life-changing number was $3600. He reasoned if he could pay off two loans that … click here to continue reading How Would You Solve Too Smart’s Dilemma?