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Summer Vacation Edition of Carnival of Pecuniary Delights

Welcome to the Summer Vacation (13th) Edition of the Carnival of Pecuniary Delights. This carnival’s creator, Penelope Pince, the author of Pecuniarities, defines this carnival as “The Crème de la crème of the Personal Finance Blogosphere.”
Since the summer is my company’s Busy Season, I’ve been very jealous of all of those folks who are going [...]

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Money Girl’s Quick & Dirty Tips to a Richer Life

I think I am falling in love with Podcasts. Months ago I downloaded several Podcasts to my iTunes and forgot they were there. This morning I added them to my iPhone to listen to on the way to work. The first ones to hit the playlist were Money Girl’s Quick & Dirty Tips for a Richer Life. I really like [...]

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Finance Lessons from Gardening

So, I’ve embarked on another attempt at Square Foot Gardening. Last July, I shared a post about the challenges of square foot gardening. All in all, last year’s garden wasn’t much of a success. Of course, the challenges I had were more symptoms than the real problem. So, where did my [...]

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Where did you learn about money?

Where did you learn about money?
As someone who grew up knowing very little about money, except that we had none, I’ve always wondered where others learned their money habits.  Where did you learn yours?  Were your parents frugal?  Spendthrifts?  Don’t have any idea?
My sophomore year in high school, I took an economics class.  I learned [...]

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One Year and a Thousand Miles on The Road Less Traveled

There is a rash of them this week… “1st Blogoversaries” that is. Today is mine. I suspect that getting a grip on finances is a huge New Year’s Resolution that started the personal finance blogs this week last year. That wasn’t the case for me. It was just time.
I’m not where I thought I’d be [...]

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