Our Stimulus Check Arrived!

spending money
Finally, our stimulus check arrived yesterday afternoon. Now that it's finally here, $450 of it has been earmarked for A. Jr. and I to go to church camp in a few weeks. The other $750 is going into the checking account as we're in saving mode since Mr. A's business has slowed down a bit. We're running ads in two local papers and have placed an ad on Craigslist. Mr. A has been keeping busy working around our little ranch… Read the rest

Day 4 – MM’s 30 Day I Want More Money Exercise

30 Day Abundance Project
Day 4 – $800 I've joined Millionaire Mommy in a 30 Day Abundance Exercise. Today with my $800 I'd buy myself a new desktop computer and a year's subscription to Carbonite. But first, even though I'm filthy rich, I'd link over to Megan at A Dollar a Day and e-mail her for a referral link for Carbonite so I could get an extra month free, plus she would get three extra months! Gratitude: I'm grateful that we own dairy goats… Read the rest

Day 3 – MM’s 30 Day I Want More Money Exercise

30 Day Abundance Project
Day 3 – $400 Join me and Millionaire Mommy in this 30 Day Abundance Exercise. With $400 we'd buy the materials needed to reroof our carport, and build another carport on the east side of our home. We put up the west carport soon after we moved out here because the sun setting in the west causes the master bedroom to grow very uncomfortably hot during the summer. The east side catches the morning sun and it's not too horrible,… Read the rest

I’m Going to Start eBaying Again

Money, True Confessions
A couple of weeks ago I thought I'd give eBay another try. After all I have all this stuff laying around that “might be worth something on eBay”. I researched a broadband router that I'd bought from my old boss about four years ago. It looked like several had been bid on and sold recently for around $10. I paid $40 for the thing but I figured I may as well try and recoup some of the money I'd put… Read the rest