January 2008

Home Accounting Programs

I spent 14 hours yesterday updating a year’s worth of banking transactions. Why? Because my Microsoft Money program stopped recognizing the file extentions and wouldn’t open the downloaded transactions from my bank. GRRR. So, I now have Quicken. Downside is that it’s a different file type. I had to download the entire year worth of [...]

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The Fairytale Begins

My story is a little different than most of the PF blogs I read on a daily basis. I did get into credit card problems in college and defaulted on my student loans. Being from a poverty stricken area and watching my mom just rack up bad debt and walk away from it, it wasn’t [...]

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The Road Less Traveled

Once upon a time (in 2004), I met an incredible man named Mark. With 3 divorces and 6 children between the two of us, we skittishly declared intentions to “keep it casual”. Then, immediately fell head over heels in love. Lesson One: Don’t tempt fate with your petty declarations. Marriage is work. Marriage with children [...]

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