Up in the sky…..it’s a bird…..it’s a plane…..it’s the Carnival of Personal Finances #82: the superhero edition. Over at Get Rich Slowly we have an amazingly well written carnival. You need to go through it twice…the first time to read the superhero stories and the second time to read...
Read MoreI have changed my strategy in the Zacks.com stock simulation challenge and in less than three days I have moved from being in the bottom 100 to being in the top 400 out of over 2000 players. I have been picking stocks that are doing better and better so my portfolio value has been increasing. I only wish that I had some real...
Read MoreWhen I first started using Microsoft money to track my finances I made a separate category for EVERYTHING. I would enter bread from a receipt under Food:bread and milk under Food:milk and broccoli under Food:vegetables. Then I realized this was taking way too long (plus honey almost passed out laughing when I told him what I...
Read MoreThe bulb in the refrigerator went out and I was trying to find a new one to replace it. We have been using energy saving bulbs for years now but for some reason never thought of replacing the one in the refrigerator. Imagine my surprise when I saw that the bulb in the refrigerator was a 60 watt one. I am cringing to think of...
Read MoreI reuse the small plastic bags that I get from Walmart as trash bags. I stick the small bags in my dustbins in the bathroom, living room and bedroom and so I do not have to buy garbage bags for those small bins. I do use a large store bought trash bag for the kitchen and then I can aggregate all the small bags into that large...
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