Happy Free Money Friday! Lots of you have sent me ideas for free money and they are great. I’m checking them all out and will be featuring some great reader finds soon.
Today Discover is offering a 25,000 bonus miles for the new Escape by Discover Card.
How to Get Your Bonus Miles

Open a new Escape [...]

Posted February 13, 2009 in Credit cards by Madison | 2 Comments

Congress was able to put together a compromised plan of the economic stimulus plan yesterday. The final price tag is $789.5 billion.
Trying to follow the stimulus plan is like following a moving target these days… but here’s what we know today!
Home Buyer Tax Credit
Many of you were waiting with high hopes for the [...]

Posted February 12, 2009 in Taxes by Madison | 10 Comments

I’m watching the news carefully to see if the House and Senate can reach an agreement today on the economic stimulus bill. It could impact many of us and I’m sure whatever the final version is, we’ll have lots to discuss!
Economic Stimulus Bill
CNN highlights some differences between the two bills that they must compromise [...]

Posted February 11, 2009 in Roundups by Madison | 1 Comment

Here’s the 2008 tax limits, credits, exemptions, deductions, phase-out and exclusion numbers all in one place! It is a good reference and will come in handy at tax time. Last year, the list was a popular reference sheet, so I thought it would be good to publish it again.

Exemptions
$ 3,500

Standard Deduction

Single
$ 5,450

Married Filing Jointly
$ 10,900

Married [...]

Posted February 10, 2009 in Taxes by Madison | 2 Comments

I’ve been dropping hints here and there, and if you’ve been following me on Twitter you knew something was up!
We’re having another baby!!! We just got our clearance from the doctor that they believe the baby is healthy. (My pregnancies are high risk, so to get that news brings a lot of relief.)
We have [...]

Posted February 9, 2009 in Kids by Madison | 24 Comments