Archive for April, 2008


Economic Stimulus Checks, Day Jobs, and Allowances

I’m finally learning how to do all the cool social networking stuff on the internet! Ever since I graduated from college (7 years ago), I haven’t really kept up to date beyond emailing.
Recently I’ve been on a roll, first I learned to text message on my Sprint Centro with the SERO plan and now [...]


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Be Prepared to Retire in Two Weeks!

There’s a basic formula for determining when you can retire: when the withdrawals on your retirement nest egg will cover your expenses. Simple right? But what if your company wanted you to make a retirement decision, and gave you two weeks to decide?
Unfortunately, that’s a situation that we’re currently facing. Our company announced a [...]


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10 Ways to Eat Out For Less

Our budget buster? Restaurants. We eat out a lot for the convenience, great food, and because we really aren’t very good cooks. We also hate to grocery shop. Enough excuses already. If you dine out, it’s always good to save money. We have used some of the following tips lately to reign in the spending [...]


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GE Interest Plus $25 Signup Bonus

It’s Friday! You know what that means… time for free money! There’s a benefit to having 181 accounts, it’s easy to find free money among the accounts I have. Today I found one that I opened about 10 years ago for the bonus…. and they are still offering the signup bonus!
GE Interest Plus
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The account [...]


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Create Your Own Dollar Plan: Step 1

The foundation of My Dollar Plan is actually the same as the name… it’s based on our dollar plan. Readers wanted to know what it looks like, how we created it and how we manage our finances to it. So far I’ve only mentioned it in theory and haven’t explained the nuts and bolts.

Today we’re [...]


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