cindys on March 20th, 2009

I didn’t think that outrageous bank charges could shock me anymore but Wachovia has managed it.  I had a check from an account holder at Wachovia.  This was a check to replace a bad check so we drove 25 miles to Wachovia to cash it.  When we went into the bank, we went through the [...]

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cindys on March 14th, 2009

I started my Cash Crate challenge yesterday and spent about 15 minutes yesterday and 45 minutes today filling out registrations and surveys.  My balance has grown to 12.85.  I will get a check once my balance reaches $20.  Most of my 45 minutes today was spent filling out one of the daily surveys.  It took [...]

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cindys on March 13th, 2009

You see a lot of advertising on the internet about earning money online.  There are tons of websites that offer surveys, questionaires, etc and what I have found is that I wasted a lot of time filling out questionaires to qualify for surveys for which I ended up not qualifying and not getting paid to [...]

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cindys on March 9th, 2009

Why do we have an emergency fund?  I have found that with our variable income, we need an emergency fund more than people with a weekly paycheck.   In slow months, such as January and February we fall back on our emergency fund to pay bills and make it through.  In my mind, this is an [...]

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cindys on March 6th, 2009

Turkey and turkey breasts were on sale at our local grocery store so I picked up one.  I have never cooked a turkey breast before and really wanted to do something different than just roasting it.  I came across this recipe that sounds like something we will all like. I like easy dinner recipes that [...]

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cindys on March 2nd, 2009

My morning routine is usually pretty simple.  I get up, start a pot of coffee, slip on a pair of shoes and a jacket and then run out to stoke the wood furnace.  The snow complicated things just a bit this morning.  As you can see from the picture, we had about 4 inches of [...]

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