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I’m Sick Of Hearing It’s For The Kids

Ever run across someone that gives their children everything? All the latest clothes, electronic gadgets, extracurricular activities, lavish weddings, education, you name it they have it. And then you find out the parents are struggling to keep their heads above water financially. Not “we’re just getting by.” No. I mean one month they don’t pay [...]

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Time Is Tight and Links

by Glen Craig

Man, I forgot how time consuming school is. Granted I’ve been going for few years now so it shouldn’t be a surprise but still, the Summer has spoiled me and I’m realizing I need to put more effort into my studies if I ever want to finish this degree. Thing is, I’ve been having such [...]

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A Tornado of Great Articles to Read

by Glen Craig

So yesterday I’m outside with my son doing some lawn work. Dark clouds gather and I hear some thunder so we pack up our stuff and head inside. About ten minutes later a pretty big thunderstorm rolls through. No big deal. About an hour later we hear there’s been a possible tornado in NYC (we’re [...]

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Hello Fall and Links

by Glen Craig

And so it has begun. School is in full swing for the household. We’re still getting used to the new schedule around here. I gotta say though, you get what you pay for in school taxes. The school our oldest is going to has been awesome in informing us of everything we need and taking [...]

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I Don’t Wanna Go To School and Roundup

by Glen Craig

Labor day weekend means one thing in our household – Good times are coming to an end! School starts up again and it’s always a bit of a sad time. Our oldest is going to a new school so she is a little nervous about the transition while my wife has to go back to [...]

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Summer Don’t End! – And Links

by Glen Craig

Ughh, the Summer is coming to a quick close. It alwasy comes too quick. With the new house and all it feels like we spent most of our time just taking care of things house-related. I guess all good things must come to an end. Still, a couple of more weeks would really be great. [...]

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Financial Krav Maga: Personal Finance Self Defense for the Modern Era

by Guest

In East Asia, you probably know about the ninja and samurai. In Israel, there are soldiers trained in Krav Maga. For those of you who don’t know, Krav Maga is a martial art developed in Israel. It does not have the long tradition of respect, personal growth, and honor that come to mind when you [...]

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The First Mow and Links

by Glen Craig

If you recall, I wrote about how we are going to save on our landscaping by mowing the lawn ourselves. Well, the first mow is done! The mowing part wasn’t hard at all and was pretty quick. The edging and blowing were the time sucks. It’s all a matter of getting used to the process [...]

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Upromise $100,000 College Dream Sweepstakes – and Links

by Glen Craig

From now until August 31st, 2010, Upromise has a sweepstakes going where ten lucky people will each get $10,000! This is part of their 3rd annual $100,000 Upromise College Dream Sweepstakes. In order to enter you need to join Upromise and download their TurboSaver, an online savings reminder tool.

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Automate or Unautomate Your Finances?

by Glen Craig

The NY Times has has an interesting article questioning how much of your finances you should automate (How Much of Your Finances Should You Automate?). In it, the author looks at the methods of some popular personal finance writers such as Ramit Sethi of I Will Teat You To Be Rich, Adam Baker of Man [...]

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