As I’m sure many of you have too, we’ve been watching the footage of Hurricane (now Tropical Storm) Harvey at work. And I've been watching at home. And checking various media and social media outlets when I'm not in either of those places. I've been trying to stay abreast of … [Read more...] about Harvey: What You Can Do, What I’m Doing, and Our Fabulous Military
Miscellaneous
Credit Card Churning Experiment: Month One
THIS PAGE CONTAINS REFERRAL LINKS. PLEASE READ MY DISCLOSURE FOR MORE INFO. Okay! Let’s see how my credit card churning experiment is going, shall we? I first posted about this in July. If you want to see how this started, go read that post then come back for the update. In … [Read more...] about Credit Card Churning Experiment: Month One
Aligning Finances With Your Values: A Pet Story
I recently read an article about things landlords should and shouldn’t do. I wish I could find the link, but I didn’t copy it down when I should have and now….poof, gone! Anyway, this article mentioned that landlords shouldn’t allow pets in rental … [Read more...] about Aligning Finances With Your Values: A Pet Story
REI Garage Sale Tips and Tricks
Have you ever shopped at REI? I spent the first 25ish years of my life not knowing about this store. When I finally did learn of them, I didn’t really expect to shop there much – I wasn’t very outdoorsy at the time, plus a lot of their items can be on the expensive side. Quality, … [Read more...] about REI Garage Sale Tips and Tricks
When Is Enough, Enough?
When I was a child, my family received the advertisements for the Publisher’s Clearing House Sweepstakes. Do you remember that? You’d get a booklet of magazines you could buy and something that claimed that YOU MAY BE A WINNER!! I’m embarrassed to admit how much I thought we … [Read more...] about When Is Enough, Enough?