We have an adjustable rate mortgage and it’s a good thing! Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs) have been blamed recently for a lot of the housing troubles going on. However, adjustable rate mortgages do serve a purpose and meet the financial needs for some people, including us. We carefully selected the best product to match our financial [...]

Posted January 30, 2008 in Advanced, Carnivals, Debt | 6 Comments »

Welcome to the 124th edition of the Carnival of Debt Reduction started by Mighty Bargain Hunter. Since it’s the 124th carnival and last Thursday was 1/24 or January 24, let’s learn some fun facts about that day from Wikipedia while we read about debt reduction!

Posted January 28, 2008 in Carnivals, Credit cards, Debt | 8 Comments »

Due to the recent credit card debate, I didn’t get a chance to read through all of the carnivals last week. Therefore this week’s edition will be a double edition including the carnivals from this week and last week!
Here’s the carnivals from this week with my article and my favorite article from each:

Posted January 9, 2008 in Carnivals | 5 Comments »

Gather Little By Little had the best Christmas ever. We’re also having a great time. We had four family Christmas gatherings and are now spending two weeks down South relaxing. We don’t have anything specific planned which is a great feeling after all the holiday stress. 
My Two Dollars didn’t get a Wii for Christmas. We didn’t either, [...]

Posted December 29, 2007 in Carnivals, Roundups | 5 Comments »

Lots of Christmas themed articles at the Carnivals this week. Here’s each carnival, my article and one of my favorite articles from the other writers.
Carnival of Personal Finance

My article on how to get free efiling was included.
Plonkee is celebrating a frugal Christmas.

Carnival of Debt Reduction

Featuring my Creative Debt Reduction Strategies.
Free From Broke discusses living with family [...]

Posted December 20, 2007 in Carnivals | 4 Comments »