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New Year’s Financial Resolutions

January 6, 2010

During my giveaway for David Bach’s book I asked everyone to enter by telling me what your top financial resolution is for the year. I loved the responses so much, and wanted to share them with you. Save more My advice: If you are trying to save a certain amount or percentage have it automatically deducted [...]

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365 days of homecooking

January 3, 2010

If you happened on this post via search (hello!)–you may want to check out 2012′s meal plan which includes a rotating menu for the year to make 365 days of homecooking happen. The post includes my own menu plan as well as templates for you to download. Happy meal planning! photo credit: John Loo As [...]

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2010 is gonna rock!

January 2, 2010

photo credit: daveynin You may have noticed I disappeared over the holidays. I had planned to continue posting, but realized pretty quickly that if I was going to enjoy my holiday (and my rare time off for my husband) then I needed to put the computer and my iPhone down, and back slowly away. Slowly, [...]

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Paint it Pink for breast cancer research!

October 24, 2009

As part of National Breast Cancer Awareness month PartSelect is hosting a Paint Your Appliance Pink Sweepstakes to help raise $10,000 for Breast Cancer Research. For each entry they receive they will donate $25 to Breast Cancer Research Foundation up to $10,000! What’s in it for you? Everyone who sends in a photo will be [...]

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Personal Finance Chat on twitter 8pm EST

June 10, 2009

I participated in several chats over the last few days on twitter and had a ton of fun and met some amazing new people. I had the inspiration last night to have a Personal Finance Chat once a week. I think it will be a great opportunity to talk to other people who are interested [...]

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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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Help end bank overdraft fees

March 23, 2009

Recently I received an email from the Center for Responsible Lending urging me to share how you can end bank’s ridiculous overdraft fees. The Federal Reserve is seeking comments on overdraft fees. The deadline is March 30th, so please do it now while you are thinking about it! This is a small thing you can do to help save you and other consumers millions of dollars a year.

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