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  • Around the Interwebs – Week of August 16

    Should You Rent or Buy? @ Free Money Finance How to Make Time to Deal With Your Finances @ Christian PF Savings Interest Rates Suck, But Here’s What You Can Do About It @ Money Under 30

  • How Does Your Garden Grow?

    The following is a guest post from Kirsten in New Mexico about her gardening experience.  I’d start a vegetable garden right now, were it not for the fact that I think we’d get thrown out of our apartment if we tore up the lawn.  Landlords are so sensitive.     Three Reasons to Plant a Vegetable Garden (As if You Needed…

  • Good Time to Save: End of Summer

    The reappearance of Back to School sales is reminding us that the doggone days of summer are just about doggone over (even if the forecast is still showing temperatures in the 100’s here in OK). While school children everywhere (and I) are mourning the closing of the pools, celebrate with their parents by shopping for…

  • Around the Interwebs – Week of July 19

    10 Reasons Why You Aren’t Rich @ Little People Wealth Should I Refinace Now?  Does a Bear Poop in the Woods? @ Financial Samurai Some Thoughts on Inexpensive Vacations @ The Simple Dollar

  • Money Carnivals

    The Fesitval of Frugality is up at Modern Tightwad.  I’m pleased to be featured in this week’s edition, Commandments of Frugality, under Commandment #2: Hold Onto Thy Funds with W-4 Check-Up.  I command you to go check it out. 

  • Use it Up, Wear it Out, Make it Do, or Do Without!

    Back in May we packed quite nearly everything we own, at least all the good stuff as far as I can see, and put it in storage. We were headed for a stay at a supposedly furnished apartment during Husband’s six month stint of training before we head to Japan. Well, we found out that…

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