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Happy 4th of July!

July 4, 2009

photo credit: pthread1981 Happy 4th of July! The 4th has always been one of my favorite holidays. The food, the swimming, the heat, the food, the fireworks, the late night, the food. Did I mention the food? We made a yummy BBQ (more on that tomorrow) and now everyone is resting so we can head [...]

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July is No Spend Month

June 30, 2009

July is No Spend Month in our house. The premise (borrowed gratefully from Rachel at Small Notebook) is that you pay all your bills, and set a limit on spending for the remainder of your expenses. If you don’t know what you spend in a typical month, try tracking your expenses at Wesabe. You can [...]

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back from vacation

June 16, 2009

We returned late last night from our mini vacation to San Francisco. I spent the entire time offline, enjoying the views, the sightseeing, and the company of my hubby. It was extraordinarily relaxing. I’m taking the rest of the week off because I have both a mountain of laundry (we filled a suitcase full of [...]

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Should you follow Suze’s advice?

April 8, 2009

If you follow financial guru Suze Orman, or read financial news it’s likely you’ve seen the big turnaround Suze made this week.

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keep in touch

January 30, 2009

Here’s a list of all the ways you can keep in touch with me. Feel free to contact me with questions, comments, or advice. (always appreciated) Sign up for my RSS feed. Follow me on Twitter. E-mail me. Keep in touch, Kelly Pin It

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Guest post: Get Rich Slowly

January 28, 2009

Giving myself a shout-out. I did a guest post for Get Rich Slowly this morning. I’m so glad I got to read the book How to be The Family CFO. It has been eye-opening for me. I used to stick my head in the sand about certain (well maybe all) financial matters, and this book [...]

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how to: tame the mail

January 21, 2009

The second in my series on how to tame the paperwork, I’m going to share with you my tricks to taming the mail. One of the easiest ways to tame the legions of trees in your mailbox from falling is to stop getting so much mail. This will decrease what you bring in so you [...]

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rate increases hit home

January 20, 2009

From all the hubbub I’ve read in the news lately about credit cards being closed, rates skyrocketing, and limits being cut, we have yet to be affected by any of these issues until today. I received a small pamphlet in the mail from Chase that looked like a privacy disclosure and was written in credit [...]

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around the web

January 20, 2009

2 interesting links from around the web. 5 Ingredient Dinners from Martha Stewart: a great way to save $ on groceries; and make simple, quick and healthy meals. No Credit Needed discusses 5 debt reduction methods, plus one NCN came up with called the Debt Deluge. I really like the Debt Deluge idea. We may [...]

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inauguration day

January 20, 2009

Wow, what an amazing day. A historic election, and an amazing inauguration. In case you missed anything it will be rerun on CNN or you read more about it here. I think it is amazing how open, and transparent the Obama administration is going to be. Here’s one of my favorite video of the day. [...]

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