Well, I thought the previous week was crazy. This past one was even worse. We had two close deaths to cope with on top of the usual Holy Week craziness. This has kept me away from the computer for awhile, so no chance of blogging for the past week. The funeral yesterday was mentally exhausting. [...]
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Spring is arriving on Thursday, March 20th. This is a good time to evaluate look at ways to save money around the house. Today I adjusted the timer for the one automatic light that we have in the family room. As the sun now sets near 7:00pm, I shaved a couple of [...]
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Works and home life is really taking a toll on me. Man, I am feeling exhausted this morning. The little one is back on some medicine for her movement disorder. It is supposed to calm her down, which I have not really seen yet. The problem is that every night now [...]
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I have talked about using rewards sites such as eBates and FatWallet, as well as survey and click through sites such as MyPoints and Opinion Outpost. Yesterday, I received my first check from Opinion Outpost, so I tought I would provide an update on how I am doing.
Opinion Outpost: $16.60 received with $4.80 [...]
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Lately, when I have had some downtime, I have been honing my photography skills. It hase been a minor hobby of mine for years, but only recently have I been pursuing it more seriously. I have talked about my interest in it here on a couple of occasions and would like to expand [...]
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I just realized I missed a week. We had a doctors appointment last Monday for our little one. There was great news in that they were able to remove the G-Tube button that was stuck and replaced it with a new and smaller one. We felt this was a minor miracle as [...]
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Monday I discussed some of the good news resulting from my year end review. The bonus money has been allocated to our emergency fund and vacation fund. Now for the better news. I will be getting a raise effective April 1. After taxes and our daughter’s school fund, we will be [...]
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It is that time of the year. I had my review over at work. The review process is cumbersome and last several months and is filled with lots of politics. I have found out that it really is not up to how you do individually, but what kind of wheeling and dealing can be made [...]
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Well, 1/6th of 2008 is already over. Boy these years go by really quick as you get older. February was a great month in terms of beating our goal. Even with hospital stay for our little one, we were able to keep our income on track and even earned above normal. My wife put in [...]
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