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Five for Friday! – February 6, 2009

The end of another week is upon us and I am very glad. I was sick for two days and spent another in Washington, DC at a meeting. If you have never been on I-95 in the Northern Virginia area heading into or out of DC, you are truly missing one of the greater chaotic [...]

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Free D-I-Y money!

Jim over at Bargaineering is offering an opportunity to win a $50 gift card to Home Depot just for leaving a comment about the project you have been putting off. Most people have at least one thing around the house that needs to be done, and has needed to be done for quite some time. [...]

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Five for Friday (on Saturday January 24)

It is amazing how quickly the week speeds by when you are really busy at work. So quickly that this week’s ‘Five for Friday’ wasn’t ready on Friday, but that didn’t stop other bloggers from posting some interesting articles. Here they are: Peter at Bible Money Matters shares his journey down refinance lane FMF presents [...]

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44 days until Christmas!

Can you believe it? Halloween is over, which means that it is time to put up the Christmas tree and start playing your favorite Christmas CD. At least that is what we found as we ventured out today. Being Veteran’s Day, the stores were filled with government employees who had the day off because of [...]

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