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Making Work Pay … What?

I finally got the last of the tax documents that I had been waiting for yesterday, so I decided to file my taxes today. I e-filed using TurboTax for free (I did last year too). I’m glad I did, too. If I hadn’t, I would have missed a tax credit.

I was wondering why the refund estimate that TurboTax was showing me was higher than what I estimated when […]

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Back on track?

I did something tonite that I haven’t done since the end of September of last year. I transferred money into my 2 savings accounts ($200 into each). It felt soooo good. Right now I’m getting paid just slightly more than I did at my last job. So I should be able to go back on my savings plan. I might cut back just a little though. I was aggressively […]

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Bail ME out

I’m really getting sick of all of the “bailout” talk. First it was the banks and financial institutions, and now it’s the auto industry. I understand that there is some legitimate need for bailing those entities out in some fashion … but $700 billion dollars? If they’re already in so much trouble, how the hell are they going to pay back the loans?

My biggest question is this: What […]

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All Go Bye Bye

As of 12:54 pm CDT this afternoon, I no longer have any credit card debt. :party: :dance: Of course, since it’s the weekend and tomorrow is a holiday, the payment won’t clear for a few more days. But for all I care, it’s all gone. Boy does that feel good.

It only took me 13 years to pay it off. LOL I opened both accounts […]

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Is it possible?

I started something today that I really shouldn’t have. You see, I’m so sick of apartment living. I’ve been wanting to get into a house for quite some time now. Especially after my friend Robin bought a house a couple years ago (I think it’s been that long now). I thought it would take me forever to be able to get a house.

Even though I didn’t think it […]

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