2008

Free From Broke 2008 Review

by Glen Craig

I can’t believe the year is about over! It feels like yesterday when I started Free From Broke as a Blogger.com site!  It’s certinly been a fun year where I’ve made many online friends, learned so much, and built up this site. Here were the most popular articles in 2008: I Switched to Sprint SERO [...]

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Marshalls And TJ Maxx Come To The Rescue For Some Last Minute Shopping

by Glen Craig

We got ourselves into this.  We were going over to some friends and their family for the holidays. However, we didn’t get a chance to get them anything for the holidays (after all they were having us over).  Where could we get some great gifts a the last minute? Enter Marshalls and TJ Maxx! We [...]

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Personal Finance Resource Links 12-28-08

by Glen Craig

Whoa!  This will be the last personal finance resource links in 2008. Man, the year went quick!  I hope everyone is having a great holiday season so far. Here are some great articles from around the web: We have a little addition to the blogging world!  Congrats on your little one Kacie! Free e-book – [...]

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You Are Richer Than You Think

by Glen Craig

Raise your hand if you worry about your finances at all. Ok, I can’t see your hands through the computer but I’m guessing most of us worry about our personal finances from time to time (or even all the time).  I won’t lie to you, it’s tough taking care of everything and keeping a family [...]

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If You Were Rich How Frugal Would You Be?

by Glen Craig

We recently had a Mega Millions lottery here in New York that was in excess of $200 million. That’s quite a few lattes!!  Whenever the lottery gets up that high I daydream a bit and think about what I would do with that much money.  Where would I live and what kind of house?  What [...]

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Debt Doesn’t Have To Be A Way Of Life

by Glen Craig

It wasn’t that long ago that our parents, grandparents and great grandparents lived, worked and raised families (big families) without incurring thousands of dollars in debt. Have you ever wondered how they did this? How is it that entire generations of people not only survived but in many cases thrived while making and spending less [...]

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Frugal Alternative to Microsoft Office

by Glen Craig

So I got a new computer recently. The last one went back to the turn of the century and the screen finally died (the battery had already gone).  Anyway for all of the great programs on my new computer I didn’t have a good spreadsheet or writing program.  Of course the industry standard is Microsoft [...]

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Auto Makers Bailed Out – For Now

by Glen Craig

The White House announced that General Motors and Chrysler will be receiving $17.4 billion in loans in order to stay afloat. It was decided that the auto makers would not have to file bankruptcy which was at one time thought to be a provision of the loans. What the automakers will have to do is [...]

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Some People Don’t Get It

by Glen Craig

So I get a call last night.  Understand that Little Ceaser’s Pizza had our phone number before us.  Every now and then we get a call from someone looking to order pizza.  Somewhere there’s a link that still lists our number as Little Ceaser’s. So back to the call.  This is what I’m presented with [...]

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A Mother’s Struggle Between Work And Kids

by Glen Craig

The following was written by Mrs FFB.  As you may remember, before the school year started we made the decision that my wife wouldn’t return to work (in education) and instead stay home to raise the kids.  Below is her rationale.  Enjoy! I remember when I was in college and I had this end term [...]

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