April 2009

passwords as motivators

April 30, 2009

Lifehacker posted yesterday about a hack for staying motivated to reach goals by using passwords that include your goals. This is something I started doing about 6 months ago. I reached one of my goals (taking a vacation to San Francisco with my husband) before I expected to!

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i quit my job

April 28, 2009

Last night I quit one of my part-time jobs.

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the organized workspace

April 27, 2009

For about a year, I tried sharing a desk with my kids. We purchased a long, pine tabletop from Ikea and had a space for our shared computer (an iMac), their art supplies, and my paperwork/stamps/bills/etc. After the 3rd or 4th time someone wrote on a bill or used my stamps for play letters I knew we needed to change things.

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around the web: taking the day off edition

April 24, 2009

Instead of sitting inside on the computer, I went to bed early last night, and have been getting the house clean and the spring/summer clothes out of storage this morning. Today I’ll be spending more time in the yard working on bundling more tree branches and cutting out more brush.  I can’t guarantee I’ll be [...]

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Target scams (aka “marketing”)

April 23, 2009

The moral of the story is to always know your prices, and remember that just because it’s marked as a sale item at your grocery store, Target, orWalmart (or wherever) doesn’t mean it is actually cheaper!

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10 ways to green you finances

April 22, 2009

If you’re new here, please stop by me About Me page, my Media page, and consider subscribing to my RSS feed. In celebration of Earth Day, I wanted to talk about a few ways you can “green” your money. Going green is important not only for the Earth, but for your piggybank as well! photo [...]

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joint finances (or not?)

April 21, 2009

There has never been a time we kept our finances separate. I have been a stay at home mom for over 11 years, and from the beginning our finances have been combined. With only one income (for the most part), this was the only way to go.

I suppose if we had started out as a dual income family things might be different. I did (and do) most of the shopping for the family, and he earns the money, so separating the finances never made sense.

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how to be financial partners

April 20, 2009

photo credit: James Jordan In most marriages and relationships there needs to be balance for things to work. In our marriage we’ve always been partners, but often one of us will take on a particular role, usually one that is best suited to our temperament and personality. Finances though have never been either of our [...]

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Why use a credit card?

April 18, 2009

Despite the fact that we are still digging our way out of debt (we’re down 17%!), we recently started using  a credit card for our everyday purchases. photo credit: Andres Rueda I’ve always been a big believer in using my debit card AS a credit card. Especially since our bank charges a $1 fee after [...]

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What would you do with a $1,000,000?

April 17, 2009

photo credit: khrawlings FiveCentNickel asked his followers on twitter, “What would you do with a major windfall? For the sake of argument, let’s say that someone dropped a million bucks in your lap. Would you pay down debt? Buy something nice? Save or invest it?” There are tons of responses over at FCN, but most [...]

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