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9-11-01 Ten Years Later

by Glen Craig

If you normally stop by Free From Broke to read about different aspects of personal finance, well I’m not going to talk about that here.  Let me apologize in advance.  Feel free to move on to another site if you don’t want to hear about 9/11.  Really, I don’t mind.  (just come back tomorrow) Ten [...]

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How to Save Money – 2 Simple Steps Everyone Can Take

by Glen Craig
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We Have An Indoor Pool And Links

by Glen Craig

So far the new house has been awesome! It feels so good to wake up and go to sleep in our own home (well, the bank owns a good part too).  Things are coming along nicely and it’s really starting to look like home. Then we got a surprise. Seems we had an indoor pool [...]

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Different Kinds Of Bank Cards

by Glen Craig
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There are a number of different kinds of bank cards a person may come across in the course of their financial life – ATM cards, debit cards, credit cards, and prepaid debit cards.  All of these, as one may gather, work differently – and how they differ is an important thing to know in order [...]

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How Some Readers Stretched Their Gift Budgets (And The Gift Card Winner)

by Glen Craig

We had a total of fifteen comments that qualified for the Marshalls/TJ Maxx gift card giveaway.  I used Random.org to generate the winning comment (each comment is numbered).  Comment 12 from Sarah R is the winner! Congratulations Sarah!  I’ve already sent an email to get mailing info to send out your card. I loved all [...]

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Personal Finance Resource Links 04-26-09

by Glen Craig

Finally the weather is starting to level out and get a bit warmer around here! Our garden is starting to com back to life.  We have some tulips growing for the first time and the rose bushes are sprouting.  Next step for us is to hit the gardening store to see how we want to [...]

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There’s Still Time To Win TurboTax!

by Glen Craig

There’s still time to win one of two copies of TurboTax Premier! Go check out the post and see how you can win. So get those entries in!!!

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How A Bill Becomes A Law – Some Friday Fun

by Glen Craig

Yesterday I outlined some of Obama’s $819 billion economic stimulus plan that passed the House of Representatives.  I thought I’d have a little fun today and remind you how a bill becomes a law.  Man I miss SchoolHouse Rock!! So the Economic Stimulus plan still has to pass Senate and then it’s off to the [...]

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Where Obama’s New Economic Stimulus Package Will Create Jobs

by Glen Craig

A report released by President-Elect Obama’s top economic advisers outlines where the new economic stimulus package will create jobs.  The expected number of jobs is 3,675,000. Here’s a chart from the Wall Street Journal outlining where the jobs will be: The biggest sector will be in Construction – almost 10%.  I’m guessing this will be [...]

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Eight Things I’m Thankful For On Gobble Day

by Glen Craig

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! In the spirit of Thanksgiving here is what I am thankful for: My Family and Friends- My wife, daughter, son, and everyone else…I am who I am in large part because of you and I’m thankful to have you in my life. My Home – I’m grateful that [...]

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