Nikon’s Doing Me Wrong – My Coolpix L100 Doesn’t Have Fireworks Mode

I bought a Nikon Coolpix L100 through Amazon on Thanksgiving. I received the camera a few days later, and was pretty happy with it.  Then I discovered, in spite of reading reviews all over the Internet and seeing it on Nikon's site with my own two eyes, my most favorite mode was missing.  Fireworks. So I put in a call to Nikon, and spoke with Rayni in customer service, who informed me that I was wrong, the L100 DOES have… Read the rest

Our Plans for Christmas Day

We are planning to have a nice relaxing day at home.  We might have a bonfire in the evening, after dinner. It looks like we will not be having a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, but I'm not exactly sure of the menu. I'm sure it will be delicious. We have agreed as a family to not exchange gifts, or buy gifts for one another.  Mr. A's mother is sending us some money, so we will all be able to get ourselves… Read the rest

INGDirect Sub-Accounts Savings

I talked with Mr. A the other morning about using his INGDirect account to hold our budgeted savings. He asked why would I want to use ING rather than our regular savings, and he also wondered since they are only available online, what are their interest rates. He said if they don't have the overhead of a brick and mortar building, they should be able to make up for it in the interest rates. I took a look this afternoon. … Read the rest

The Most Phenomenal Commentators with the Clarity and Thirst

Recently I got several comments to the post where I hosted the 206th Festival of Frugality.  They were so over the top, I just had to share them with you all today. Substantially, the post is really the greatest on this deserving topic. I agree with your conclusions and will thirstily look forward to your future updates. Saying thanks will not just be enough, for the wonderful clarity in your writing. I will directly grab your rss feed to stay… Read the rest