Budgeting

Small Victories – Children and Money

As I discussed last week, YM10 spends most of his time in a different spending environment than the rest of our children. This has presented some serious challenges to the way he relates to money when he’s with us. Since it’s finally our two weeks with him (the first time we’ve ever had my girls [...]

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Stepchildren and Money

Mark and I were blessed with three children each, before we found our way to one another. In his past life, he was what The Millionaire Next Door terms a High Income, Low Net Worth UAW (Under Accumulator of Wealth). He was married to a woman who shared his (then) money values. He earned a [...]

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Are you a pump watcher?

It’s on the news, in the papers, and the topic of discussion around the water cooler at work. Are you watching the gas prices climb too? There is wild speculation on how high the prices will climb and how long they’ll stay there. Some folks are flocking to GasBuddy to find out where the cheapest [...]

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Snowflaking, sort of

I’ve probably said it too many times, but Mark and I aren’t the most frugal of people. We are doing better, and every step in the right direction counts in the end. But we still have a long long way to go. I’ve begun a little experiment. No matter what our other spending habits, whenever [...]

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This week’s Grocery Game, and some other stuff

Every day, the first thing I do when I log in is check out my favorite blogs (listed to the right).  First up is Freebies 4 Mom.  She lists freebies and surveys and other really cool deals every day. So, I always go get my free stuff first thing! Yesterday, she had a link to [...]

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