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A Magazine Addict Wrote This Post

February 8, 2012
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You know those people who read like 10 books a month?  Well, that’s me, except I read magazines instead.  In fact, I devour the hell out of them. I literally just signed up to 6 new subscriptions and I’m on a high, baby! It’s the best thing to happen to A.D.D. people since coffee ;) [...]

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A Minimalist And Money

February 1, 2012

I saw this over at Everyday Minimalist, and just love it. Thinking of printing it out and putting it on my wall as a reminder to stay on track – I tend to wander at times :)  Maybe you’ll like this too? A Minimalist’s Train of Thought Less money spent means more money saved More [...]

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What if You Could Live Off 50% of Your Pay?

January 31, 2012
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I’ve had this post halfway drafted in my inbox for longer than a year now, and I think it’s about time to put it out there,  haha… That’s what happens I suppose when you have 120+ ideas sitting in there :) But yeah – can you imagine if you lived off only 50% of your [...]

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The Shale of a Lifetime!

January 30, 2012
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I just got done reading this awesome article in Kiplinger, and it turns out there’s a Shale Boom going on right now beneath us!  Literally! (Well, if you happen to live in Pennsylvania or West Virginia or Ohio or New York, haha…) It gets me so excited that I kinda sorta but not really wanna [...]

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Suze Orman vs. Personal Finance Bloggers (AKA “Idiots”)

January 15, 2012

I’ll let you take a guess who won ;) Read this: (much better than me trying to recap – plus, lots of pretty Twitter pictures!) Suze Orman’s “Approved Card” Gets Denied; Thinks PF Bloggers Are Idiots @ 20 and Engaged Way to go guys!  F’ing love y’all.  

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An Epiphany on Home Ownership! (D’uh)

January 11, 2012

If we pay our entire house off, not only will we NOT have any more mortgage debt to pay off every month, but we’ll also have a nice stash of cash if we ever sell! Dannnnnnng, never thought about that before! Haha… how dense am I? ;) What that means is just insane to me. [...]

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Who Wants to Join Me on Antiques Roadshow?

January 11, 2012
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They’re now accepting entries! ;)  And I better win free tickets too cuz I’ve been reading their dang newsletters every week waiting for this announcement, haha… it’s been like 3 months now, remember the last time I blogged about it? (And for all you who expressed interest, now’s your chance too!) That sculpture up there [...]

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What Are The Odds?

January 6, 2012

I’ve been coming across a few pretty dope contests lately (if you can call them that?), and as a lover of currency and games, I thought it was something you’d might enjoy too :)  Who doesn’t like FREE MONEY for doing nothing, right?? (And more *free* than my post about tax reimbursements, haha… that’s a [...]

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Net Worth Update: $285,368.44 (UP $32,000!)

January 5, 2012

Wha wha wooey! Attack of the cash! :)  And it was least expected too, as usually things die down in December while everyone’s getting ready for the holidays. But as luck (or hard work?) would have it, I got a few extra projects thrown my way which REALLY brought in the big bucks.  Even though [...]

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A Perk of The Crap Economy?

January 3, 2012
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Remember when we found out our house was de-valued by like 30% the other month by our county?  And because of it we owe LESS taxes on our house now?  Well, somehow I hadn’t put two and two together, and when I grabbed the mail the other day I noticed a fat new check there [...]

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