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Emergency Fund

One Step Forward and Two Steps Back

Thanks for everyone who stuck it through with me during my absence. Life has been very crazy here and we’ve just been working on getting back to normal. For just a glimpse of our week, I bring you the Minivan O Doom Saga:
Back in January, I wrote that I paid off my [...]

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The Dirty Laundry Edition – AND MY 200TH POST

I’ve been avoiding posts of any real substance lately. I’ve been putting this milestone post off for days as well. This is Momma’s 200th post, and I can assure you that I didn’t expect to still be writing this blog as long as I have.
Any of you who have been reading this blog for very [...]

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Three Cheers For The Emergency Fund!

Mark had insomnia on Sunday night. He woke up at 3 AM yesterday morning and could not get back to sleep. So, he got out of bed and went to the living room to watch the History Channel (his idea of stimulating entertainment… my cure for insomnia.) As he was vegging out on the sofa, [...]

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Boys Are Expensive!

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
I promised an entry on Saturday about Mark and his broken hand.  The weekend got away from me and so that promised entry has been delayed just a teeny bit!
BIG TOUGH GUYS & LITTLE TOUGH GUYS
Last weekend was our visitation weekend with YM10, Mark’s son.  Much of the weekend was spent with [...]

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The Payday Loan Trap

One of my first lessons in “What Not To Do” with money was actually one of the few lessons that I didn’t learn by trial and error.  I used to work at a Payday Loan call center.  While I have seen a few people who have utilized the service for its intended purpose, the vast [...]

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