I admit it, I am a CSI junkie.
Actually, our whole home is a veritable crime scene waiting to happen, given the laundry piles stained with various “trace” items and mountains of suspicious toxin laden dishes that stack up. There probably is a fugitive or two hiding here amidst the hair balls and clutter. I am addicted [...]
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Summer Vacation: Embrace Your Inner Tightwad!
It was the last day of school. As was tradition, I arrived to pick my kids up.
They weren’t in the car yet, but I girded my loins to prepare for battle. Brightly colored papers clutched in my youngest daughter’s hands bore evidence of impending drama. Extracting one she proclaimed, “Mom!” “There’s a gymnastic camp [...]
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What Am I Willing to Sacrifice?
Getting a mortgage, post bankruptcy has proven the Holy Grail of my current credit pilgrimage. In former bleaker fiscal times, I had neither credit nor income to even ponder the possibility. I rented a nice home, or rather a series of them. Like many with poor credit, I was at the mercy of landlords. I [...]
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