April 2008

15 Things To Do With Your Economic Stimulus Check

by Glen Craig

The government Stimulus checks started going out on April 28th. If you are expecting one you should start looking for it in May (here’s a post listing the dates). So what are you going to do with the extra money? Here are a list of ideas for using your stimulus check: Pay off credit cards [...]

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Quick Money Story Announcement

by Glen Craig

It’s just been confirmed – Free From Broke will be hosting the 58th Carnival of Money Stories on May 6th. Not sure what a “blog carnival” is? Here is what the Blog Carnival site has to say: We think blog carnivals are a great way for bloggers to recognize each other’s efforts, organize blog posts [...]

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Missed It By That Much – You Gotta Pay Attention

by Glen Craig

Remember the show Get Smart? Well in the show Maxwell Smart would say “missed it by that much” when he would screw up some grand feat he was attempting to pull off. I had a “missed it by that much” moment this weekend (though not so much a grand feat) and it taught me how [...]

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Festive Link Love Carnivality #6

by Glen Craig

photo by nattu I’m bringing back the Festive Link Love Carnivality! Why? I like the title for one. Two – there’s celebrating to be done! This week mark’s the introduction of the new and improved Free From Broke. After many months on Blogger I finally took the leap to WordPress and self-hosting. If you can [...]

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Five Ways My Budget Gets Busted

by Glen Craig

photo by Jeff Keen I was tagged by LJ over at Mommy Gets PAID recently with the Budget Busters Challenge meme. So here goes five things that bust up out budget: Eating Out – This isn’t something we do too often. Fact is we usually eat at home. But every now and then we’ll meet [...]

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Beware IRS Tax Refund Scams

by Glen Craig

I received an email today, seemingly from the IRS regarding a refund I was due. Let me show you: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) United States Department of the Treasury Dear Taxpayer, After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $184.80. Please [...]

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Best And Worst College 529 Plans From Morningstar

by Glen Craig

Morningstar has released their picks for the top five and worst five 529 college-savings plans. To make their choices, Morningstar “focused on diversification, fees, flexibility, and the underlying funds.” Here are the top five: – Illinois Bright Start College Savings Program – Maryland College Investment Plan – Virginia Education Savings Trust -Virginia CollegeAmerica 529 Savings [...]

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Spring Is A Re-Birth

by Glen Craig

If the site is looking whacky it’s ’cause I switched over to self-hosting and WordPress (was previously on Blogger). I’m still trying to figure everything out and how I’d like the site to look now. I’m open to any and all advice. I’d love to hear what you liked about the previous site (which can [...]

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It’s A Great Day For Some Carnivals And Other Links

by Glen Craig

Spring is in full bloom here in NYC! It’s been beautiful out the past few days, approaching 80 degrees today. Perfect weather for some carnivals: Gather Little By Little hosted the 148th Edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance. My article Saving Money For College When Your Children Are Older was included. The Baglady hosted [...]

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I Switched To Sprint SERO And Saved Some Money

by Glen Craig

A little over a week ago I signed my wife and I up each for the Sprint SERO cell phone plan. We were already on Verizon Wireless. So why switch? First let me explain our Verizon experience: We had been looking into upgrading our phones since they were over two years old and we were [...]

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