My Dollar Plan to Host Carnival of Debt Reduction

Posted by Madison on January 22nd, 2008

The Carnival of Debt Reduction will be here on Monday January 28! Be sure to submit your articles by 5 pm on Sunday. While you are waiting, check out the carnival this week hosted by The Baglady. Here’s some of my articles that have been featured in the Carnival of Debt Reduction in the past: [...]

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Getting Organized: Monitoring Your Credit Report

Posted by Madison on January 16th, 2008

This is the second post in an ongoing series about about how I organize my finances with lots of accounts; read the first one about bill pay and filing for 181 accounts. A reader left the following comment in the credit card debate: I don’t have enough time in the morning to check 89 credit card accounts!  I don’t even want to [...]

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Financial Calculators

Posted by Madison on January 3rd, 2008

In various posts I have referenced financial calculators that I like. I’m going to put them all in one post so they are easy to find for reference. As I find more, I’ll add them to this list: Retirement calculator. Used in How to open a 529 college savings plan for your children. Investing Compare Vanguard [...]

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Happy New Year and a Review of 2007

Posted by Madison on January 1st, 2008

Photography: Happy New Year by Sleestak66 As 2007 came to a close My Dollar Plan celebrated 8 weeks in existence! Thank you readers for your comments, emails, and questions. If you haven’t yet, be sure to subscribe to My Dollar Plan. Here’s to a great 2008! Happy New Year! Here’s a look back at My Dollar Plan’s most visited articles [...]

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More Personal Finance Sites

Posted by Madison on December 24th, 2007

We’re packed and heading off today for a trip down south to visit family for two weeks. It’s the first time we are flying with both boys. However, we can’t sit together because of the limited airmasks. Because they are both under 2 and traveling as infants in our laps, we only had to pay for 2 tickets [...]

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