March 2009

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Carnival Updates

Just wanted to let everyone know of a couple of carnivals that linked to a few of my recent posts. You have probably already read them, but there are a lot of other blogs out there that a carnival will expose you to. Go ahead and visit the links below; who knows you might just [...]

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Are you ready to walk away from your mortgage?

The stock market has enjoyed a small bounce the last couple of days, but the real estate market will take a little longer to recover. A lot of people have seen the value of their homes drop by 30-40% over the last couple of years, and with job layoffs at their highest in decades many [...]

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Afraid of making a mistake on your taxes?

If you haven’t completed your taxes for this year you have less just over three weeks to file. This year has been pretty busy and every time I start to do ours, something else seems to pop up. My goal is to get them done this week, so that I am not rushing through them [...]

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Where is my money going?

When I was young and it was raining outside we would have to find things to do inside. One game we used to play involved hiding some item and then everyone else trying to find it. Usually before the game was over, someone would hide the item very much out in the open. It was [...]

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How to deal with credit card collectors

With the economy struggling to stay afloat and unemployment higher than it has been for years, a lot of people are falling behind with paying their credit card bills. First, let me say that I would rather you fall behind with your credit cards than your electric bill. As a matter of fact we teach [...]

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He’s a nillionaire!

Last week I was sitting at someone else’s desk and they had an Urban Dictionary calendar. The Urban Dictionary calendar is similar to a daily Dilbert or Far Side calendar, but instead of a comic there is a definition to an urban-type word. The day I was sitting there the word was nillionaire. Obviously, I [...]

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