Gather Little By Little is running a meme of sort, asking readers to share their moment of financial epiphany.
Ours came around Thanksgiving of last year. We had been experiencing a tough 2 years with out little one. She has special needs and has been going through countless doctors appointments with and equal number [...]
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It is that time of the year again. We need to register the older daughter for the next school year , with a $50 non-refundable fee. In the back of my mind, I always think about the added cost that this bring to us. Tuition this year at the school she attends [...]
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On Friday, I wrote about our decision to do a home equity loan and the closing that was occurring on Saturday. We the closing has come and gone and I am happy with our decision. Why? Because, I think this was the step we needed to take to get our finances in [...]
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I saw a few good articles on changing spending habits, so I thought I would share.
CashMoneyLife discusses not being an early adopter in Blu-Rays DVDs Will Dominate the Market - But don’t Buy Just Yet! . I used to be in the early adopter category, but now find myself waiting for 2nd and 3rd [...]
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Tomorrow we have the closing set on our Home Equity loan. This has not been an easy decision for us, but one that is necessary to stop the leakage in our monthly budget. I figure that in the near time it will even out the budget, and will allow us to build up [...]
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I spent an hour last night in the freezing cold, but it was surely worth it. We won’t we seeing this again until December 2010. I hope some of you got to enjoy the sight.
Here is my favorite photo from the night. It is a 2 second shot with the penumbra [...]
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As, I have stated before, photography is one of my hobbies. One of my personal goals for 2008 is to learn as much as I can. The first area I have been studying up on is Macro photography. Why macro? There are a few reasons for this.
It’s winter. Better off [...]
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I have been away from this site for a few days. We spending some catchup time with the family and work. The little one is doing better. She is drink much more than before, which is a godsend. We will find out this week about her weight and when the endoscopy [...]
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Bankrate has an faq on the pending tax rebate. Now that it is a near done deal, I thought I would look at who is going to be left out.
In many cases, there is a rebate bonus for children. But not for all kids.
For rebate purposes, a qualifying child is one who is [...]
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…kind of. We are all home tonight. While I was taking the older one to school, the little one was being prepped for the endoscopy. This was halted when the anesthesiologist took a listed to her and looked at her chart. It seems that she is not fully recovered from the RSV yet. It may [...]
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