Archive for May, 2009
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Personal Finance Links (Moving, Moving, Moving edition)
Yesterday was the first day we’ve had keys to our new place. We loaded up the wife’s SUV and my car to make three trips of stuff around the house that we won’t be using for the next few weeks. It’s never that much fun, especially in 93 degree heat. The [...]
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Glad I Have an Emergency Fund
If it was a typical week, you’d be reading a well-researched article on identity theft, right now. However this week has been anything but typical. Monday the plan was for my wife and I to meet at a friends’ birthday party after work. However, I got a phone call that something [...]
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Free $25 for Signing up for a 529 College Savings Plan
Two years ago, I decided I wanted to give my newly-born nephew a little extra cash for schooling when he gets older. My research lead me to the 529 plan, a tax-advantaged investment to help with future higher education (typically college). Unfortunately California isn’t a state where I get a tax break [...]
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Save Money by Turning Off Your Television?
I love television. If I’m at home, there’s probably an 85% chance you’ll see the television on. While I like to think I watch educational programs and news, I do catch a fair amount of Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, and Family Guy. On the way to work [...]
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$5 MP3 albums from Amazon (Aerosmith, Death Cab for Cutie, James Taylor)
If you aren’t in the mood for a foot-long sub at Subway (and who isn’t?), parlay that money into some good music from Amazon. I got an email about a $5 sale they are having on 50 of it’s MP3 albums. I thought it would be fun to click through and see [...]
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Personal Finance Links (Mother’s Day Contest Winner Announced)
I’m not one for suspense, so the winner of the Lazy Man’s Mother’s Day Contest was Tyler of Starshard0’s Super Blog. Congrats!
I’m really running out of time to come up with questions for personal finance guru, Jean Chatzky, so I could use some help on that front as well.
In other thoughts…Sports [...]
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Saturday Personal Finance Round-up (Get Your Forever Stamps Today)
I think the post office scheduled the increase in stamps around Mother’s Day so everyone would focus on that. If you send out a 100 letters a year, buying those forever stamps will save you a couple of dollars. It’s not a big deal, but if you find yourself at the store [...]
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Last-Minute, Frugal, Mother’s Day Tips
Earlier this week I ran a contest asking readers for their last-minute, frugal, Mother’s Day tips and I got back a lot of good tips.
As one might expect, most of the tips centered around arts and crafts. It reminds me of the first Mother’s Day after my dad died. I wasn’t at [...] -
Alternative Income Streams – May 2009
I’m a little late with my alternative income for last month. I tell myself it’s because I’ve been busy, but more likely it’s that the numbers are down. After taxes, I cleared $1,411.34. That’s still a good number and pays for a large amount of my necessary expenses (i.e. rent, food, [...]
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Readers: Ask Jean Chatzky a Personal Finance Question
While I know you believe that I’m the best personal finance guru on the planet, I’m going to let you in on a secret… There are some people out there who are also pretty good at person finance. One of those people is Jean Chatzky. Here’s a brief list of some of [...]
