The Dog Ate My Wallet

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Sunday Evening Post #42- I spent the weekend at the beach

Day Amount Place Category Tuesday $3.28 Safeway Groceries Wednesday $4.23 Cafeteria Allowance Friday $163.36 CostCo Groceries   $5.90 Post Office MIL   $62.08 Safeway Groceries Saturday $7.98 IGA Groceries Sunday $5.00 Internet Allowance   $61.00 Lowes House Felt much more in control this week. There were two days where we didn’t spend any money at all. Tuesday and Wednesday were small amounts (though one was lunch out for me). We also got everything mailed off toread more…

Date: 14/05/2012 Author: Tags: , , Category: Everyday Finances, Home Improvement, Sunday Evening Post, Tracking Bookmark: Permalink
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What I’m Reading: Weekend at the Beach Edition

I’m at the beach this weekend- except that I’m not really. I’m in a condo at the beach, sitting on a laptop trying to get some writing done, as that is what one does at a writers’ retreat. How we managed to pick the most gorgeous weekend so far this year to lock ourselves inside, I have no idea. But just because I’m away working on my writing, there’s no need for you not to knowread more…

Date: 12/05/2012 Author: Category: Round Ups Bookmark: Permalink
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We Loan Money to Family

Here’s the Deal We are loaning my brother $3,000. I can hear all the financial bloggers screaming at their screens this very second “No, don’t do it!” “Never lend money to family!” “That’s a bad, bad idea.” And I suppose for some people, that is true. It’s never been true in my family. Let’s start with the fact that Charles and I would not be where we are today if family had not been willing toread more…

Date: 10/05/2012 Author: Tags: , , , Category: Investing, Major Financial Decisions, On the Job, Other People's Money Bookmark: Permalink
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Lessons from the Other Side of the Tracks

I have thought hard about how to begin this post, as it is not really personal finance related, even though it is very personal and finances, as part of our American class system, do play a part. This is a post about our friend Russ, who died a few years ago of cancer. He was one of those rare friends who was in our lives for a reason, a season, and a lifetime, all at once.read more…

Date: 08/05/2012 Author: Category: Inspired by, Lessons Learned Bookmark: Permalink
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Sunday Evening Post #41 (Monday Morning Edition)

Day Amount Place Category Monday $48.22 Gas Car Tuesday $25.72 Rx Dogfood Pets   $5.46 Jack in the Box Allowance Wednesday $24.69 Red Robin Eating Out Thursday $23.07 Safeway Groceries   $75.97 CostCo Groceries   $193.76 Kinnect Allowance   $16.41 Barnes & Noble Allowance Friday $36.00 Larry- shots Pets   $3,000.00 Loan to brother Misc Saturday $31.80 Fred Meyer House   $7.98 Trader Joes Groceries   $6.00 Key Arena Allowance   $35.00 Thai food Eating Outread more…

Date: 07/05/2012 Author: Tags: Category: Everyday Finances, Free Things, Home Improvement, Pet Finances, Sunday Evening Post Bookmark: Permalink
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Sunday Evening Post Delayed Until Monday Morning

I am exhausted after a good but busy weekend, including much house and yard work today. And while thinks I might be addicted to blogging, I’m not. So the normal Sunday Evening post with spending for the last week will be posted Monday morning, so that I can do nothing for the rest of the evening and not worry about it.

Date: 06/05/2012 Author: Category: Uncategorized Bookmark: Permalink
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What I’m Reading: I’m Going to the Opera Edition

I’m going to a free simulcast of Madama Butterfly tonight. That means I have a to of things that have to get done early today, so not much time for chit chat (this has kind become a running theme- things will slow down once we finally get the house ready for the foster care license), so off we are to the blogs.   I always love when the House of Two Bows posts their monthly spendingread more…

Date: 05/05/2012 Author: Category: Round Ups Bookmark: Permalink
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My Brother’s New Venture: Attitude is Everything

Back in January, I wrote about My Brother’s New Venture. With his permission, I am now going to be writing a few more posts on the topic.   Do You Want to Own Your Own Business or Boss People Around? Does this seem like a silly question to you? Do you think to yourself- Of course if I own the business, I’m the boss. If that’s the case, you might want to re-think entrepreneurship. This isread more…

Date: 03/05/2012 Author: Tags: , , Category: Lessons Learned, Other People's Money Bookmark: Permalink
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A Look at Unemployment

Why I Am Writing This Late last June, a few weeks before I joined Yakezie, and right about the time we were receiving the last of C’s unemployment checks, I wrote In Defense of 99 Weeks of Unemployment. It was not a subject I really expected to revisit, but even though the unemployment rate and votes for emergency extensions of unemployment benefits are no longer part of the daily news cycle, it is still something thatread more…

Date: 01/05/2012 Author: Category: Inspired by, yakezie Bookmark: Permalink
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Sunday Evening Post #40

Day Amount Place Category Monday $14.73 Safeway Groceries $26.00 Nails Allowance Wednesday $10.00 Admin Day Allowance $67.00 Admin Day Allowance $16.83 Safeway Groceries Friday $105.00 Legal Fee MIL $112.00 Buca di Beppo Eating Out $7.81 Cafeteria Allowance $59.00 Gas Car Saturday $111.00 CostCo Groceries $28.00 Home Depot House Sunday $13.00 Target Allowance $8.00 PetsMart Pets So while we didn’t spend as much this week as we did last week, it was not a low spending week.read more…

Date: 29/04/2012 Author: Tags: , , Category: Everyday Finances, Sunday Evening Post Bookmark: Permalink
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