Pitfalls of Starting a New Business?

Mr. A's business is going gangbusters. It feels like he's working more hours now than when he held a forty hour a week job. Unfortunately we've run into one of the pitfalls of starting a new business. One little hitch… He's working and working and working, but he's not getting paid. Yes, you read that right. He's not getting paid. Worse yet, the check they paid us with bounced! His most frequent client paid him for two months worth of… Read the rest

Yet One More Update On The Balance Transfer Saga

If you haven't read it before, you can read all about it from the beginning by clicking on this link. This should be the final update for this saga. Today I received a letter from Citicards that said, “Dear Mrs. Accountability: Thank you for your recent inquiry regarding your Citicard account. We're pleased to confirm we have credited your account $39.00, in addition to any related fees or finance charges. You will see these adjustments within 2 billing periods.” Whew.… Read the rest

BlogHerAds!

You may notice something new on my site – over there to the right – at the top of my blog? A couple of weeks ago I decided to check out BlogHerAds and they were accepting applications. I signed up and a few days after that when I logged on they had a notice up that they were sorry, but they were not accepting applications at this time. Well, I guess I signed up right at the perfect time! BlogHerAds… Read the rest

Festival of Frugality

Neat! I finally worked up my nerve and submitted a post to one of the carnivals, Festival of Frugality. This week's host is Aaron Stroud of On Financial Success. Thank you, Aaron for hosting and including me in The Paragraph Edition | Festival of Frugality 122. OUT OF DEBT AGAIN is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to… Read the rest