debt

My Ride: Wordy Wednesday

September 21, 2011

This week I paid of my car loan! I’m so excited to have one big debt gone. We bought our minivan after I negotiated an awesome deal when this little dude was only a little guy squirming and crying (this was the one time this was an advantage). How we paid off our car: We [...]

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Reality Strikes: Facing your Debt

August 9, 2011

This is a sponsored guest post by Matthew Kuehlhorn, America’s Mentor for Teens. Reality strikes. I choose to ignore it at first, and then I look again and, indeed, the bill says $5,895.85. It is October 2006 and I am stunned. I currently make less than $2,000 a month and this debt is swallowing me whole. [...]

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Vick living on meager budget to pay back creditors

December 4, 2010

I found an article on Yahoo! that shared details about Michael Vick’s salary, and the relatively meager budget he lives off of. While it is still more than the average American I think the amounts point to a much more modest income then he is used to living off of. Think lower upper class. He’s [...]

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We’re debt-free!

April 1, 2010

It’s been a long journey, but today I send the last payment to our last credit card! It feels so good to finally be free from the bondage of credit card debt! How did we do it? I broke up with my credit cards we slashed expenses we budgeted every penny we tried eating at [...]

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Shopping guide: The “Should I Buy It?” Test

February 22, 2010

About a month ago my girls were playing in the living room behind a chair. They were building a tent. A crash and bang later, and the sole lamp in the living room, a floor lamp with a glass shade, was gone. I was a bit upset, but it was a free to us lamp, [...]

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dear credit cards

May 27, 2009

Dear Credit Cards, This isn’t an easy thing to say to your pretty, shiny face so I decided to write you a letter. I know I should call or write you, but I just can’t bring myself to look at your numbers anymore (I might memorize them and go shopping online). I’m going to take [...]

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emergency fund saves the day (again)

May 5, 2009

If you’re new here, welcome! Please stop by my About Me page, my Media page, and consider subscribing to my RSS feed. You can also follow me on twitter. photo credit: Mike Schmid I always think my life has been a prime example of why you need an emergency fund, and this week has been [...]

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