Category Archives: True Confessions

Credit Card Worries and Update

CC Reports, credit cards, True Confessions
President Obama signed a new bill regarding credit card rules which will go into effect in 9 months. I need to do some research on it as I have heard there are some good and bad points to the new bill. I've heard that it could have an effect on “responsible” credit card users – by that I mean those who pay their bills on time, pay more than the minimum, etc. I've heard this new bill could mean that… Read the rest

Your Questions, My Answers – Part II

True Confessions
Nancy asked: Do you ever get stressed out, and splurge on coffee or chocolate? Nancy, thank you for your question!  I'm sensitive to caffeine so I limit any intake to 4 ounces at a time. Otherwise I get shaky. I had an experience when I was sixteen where I got addicted to drinking coffee when I'd come in to work in the afternoon. One day I came in and they were out of coffee and I was falling asleep on… Read the rest

Your Questions, My Answers – Part I

True Confessions
Before I chose my winner today on Friday morning, I saw a post listed with a title very similar to the one on this post under the BlogHerAds: I freaked out for about two seconds, clicking to load the post all the while thinking I accidentally posted my answers that I'd started before my contest ended.  Whew.  Thankfully, it was Tricia over at Blogging Away Debt who was having a similar Q&A at her site. Thank you for everyone who… Read the rest

Our Trash Company Clearly Wants Out of the Business

True Confessions
I blogged about our trash dilemma and promised an update. Mr. A looked into the other company and we were thinking about switching. The only thing that made us uncomfortable is the competitor empties the 90 gallon cans by hand. With our current company, we don't have to bag every single thing that goes in, but we would with the new company. So we debated a while, and finally I asked Mr. A for his decision. He said maybe we… Read the rest