Finding the Budget Busters from Last Year

Posted by Madison on January 21st, 2010

Each January I like to review all of our spending for the prior year. Since I track everything in Microsoft Money (yes, I’m still holding out until the end of the year to convert to Quicken) it’s pretty easy. I look at the average spending and then project what our spending will be for the [...]

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Schwab Magazine Online, Investing, and More

Posted by Madison on January 14th, 2010

I’m not a big fan of the newsletters that come with all of our account statements in the mail. It seems like a lot of them are purchased from the same vendor and have many repeat articles. There is one exception, however, the Schwab On Investing magazine. It’s one of my favorites. While I was [...]

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What are Your New Year’s Resolutions?

Posted by Madison on January 7th, 2010

After the hoopla from the holidays is over, we turn around and head right into planning a birthday party for my oldest son. It’s one of the drawbacks of having a birthday around the holidays, however it is fun to have another event to see friends and family! Once the party is over next week [...]

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Happy Holidays, Investing, and Credit

Posted by Madison on December 23rd, 2009

Happy holidays from our family to yours! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season. Amazon Prime free shipping ended last night, so now I’m officially done shopping! And if it wasn’t a lightning deal on Amazon, it was probably a Slickdeal. I love the feeling of getting fantastic deals on all the gifts I [...]

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Free Shipping Day, Amazon Prime, and Ohio 529s

Posted by Madison on December 17th, 2009

When Amanda wrote about How to Score Big on Cyber Monday, I marked today in my calendar for a big day of online holiday shopping. Free Shipping Day. Today is Free Shipping Day. It’s the day you can order online with free shipping and guaranteed delivery by Christmas Eve. Last I checked they had 714 [...]

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