Well, the Summer Savings Series over at The Money Life Network wrapped up this week and thousands of people saw some very good ideas to cut costs for the summer! Congratulations to Klaus Scharpf for taking home the $100 gift certificate from Amazon.com! In case you didn’t make it to each and every post, here’s [...]
It’s with great pleasure that I announce the newest members of The Money Life Network! Emily from RemodelingThisLife.com and Kacie from SenseToSave.com have taken positions on the board! They’ve both got very good writing and give The Money Life Network a female perspective that wasn’t there in the past. With their subscriptions we’re nearing 2000 [...]
So I did some deep undercover investigation for this weeks carnival digging back in time to bring you The History of Money! Did you know that China was the first to use paper money around the year 1000. It was made from the bar of mulberry trees. Leaves from these trees, you may recall, are [...]
Most things where you get thrown in a pot to have a chance at winning usually cost something, or aren’t worth your time anyway. But knowing that you’re spending your time reading this blog make me think that a chance at a few extra $ carries some weight; that being said, there are hundreds (if [...]
No, I’m not talking about the stuff that’s going to get your thrown in the slammer for pirating videos and games, but there are several resources out there that will let you take the edge off without dumping the ridiculous $3 or $4 dollars at the rental store, or more outrageous $10 or $12 at [...]
The Money Life Network’s “Summer Savings Series” #3 is courtesy of our beloved power companies. My bill is usually around $200 since I’ve lived here, and I can certainly keep the bill a bit lower just by checking on a few key things…
The Summer Savings Series is warming up, and you’re in line to win some cash in the process! It’s easy to enter and be a part of the series and bring home some Summer “green” of your own!
While anyone can tell you that late payments will hurt a credit score, what most people don’t know is that there are subtleties in just how the FICO scoring formula treats one late payment from another. For example, some typical questions about late payments are…
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We’re looking up again this month – looks like the mutual funds are coming back a little bit this month. Both the wife and I had good 401k returns this month. The house dropped a bit, but that’s to be expected, but overall we’re looking up again.
Ok, the title was catchy enough to get you I’m a fan of saving $$$ AND saving the earth. I dig hybrid cars. I dig reusing and recycling for both its benefits to my pocketbook and benefits to my children. I dig greendimes and my new digg-ee is UniBlue LocalCooling…
