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Hit With Cellular Overage Charge 0

Hit With Cellular Overage Charge

Yesterday I received our latest cellular phone bill and I was a bit shocked when I opened the envelope. For the first time since we have had cellular phones, we have exceeded the minutes...

New Reading Material 0

New Reading Material

About two weeks ago, I was honored to be selected by Consumerism Commentary as the last winnner in the You Call the Shots (by Cameron Johnson) book giveaway. Last night when I arrived home...

John Chow Delivers 7

John Chow Delivers

Back in February, I posted that I had won free schwag from John Chow as part of his MyBlogLog contest. Received the Goods It’s been a little over a week but I have received...

Watch Out For Little Fees 6

Watch Out For Little Fees

When you receive your monthly bank statement or credit card statement, do you take the time to review each transaction to make sure that everything is accurate? If you do not review your statements,...

Water Cooler Lottery Dreams 6

Water Cooler Lottery Dreams

With an estimated jackpot of approximately $370 million for tonight’s drawing, one of my co-workers made the rounds today asking if people wanted to take a chance for the Mega Millions jackpot. Waste of...

Do You Discuss Money With Your Kids? 3

Do You Discuss Money With Your Kids?

Assuming that you have children, do you take the time to discuss finances with them? Do you involve them in family financial discussions and decisions? When I was a child, I really do not...

WordPress 2.1.1 Dangerous 9

WordPress 2.1.1 Dangerous

There was a new release put out by WordPress.org today due to a potential security exploit for anyone that downloaded v2.1.1 within the last 3 or 4 days. While I had downloaded and installed...

Auto Mechanic Mistake 13

Auto Mechanic Mistake

Last week I was ranting about Chevrolet after my wife took her vehicle to the dealer. After posting about my rant I was feeling better but that all changed last night when my wife...

Financial Accountability 3

Financial Accountability

Humberto Cruz has written an interesting article that discusses the relationship between a lack of savings and your spending habits. He explains that many families do not have money to save due to their...

Having a bla.st 2

Having a bla.st

After reading about bla.st over at John Chow dot Com, I just had to head over there and create a card for the blog. Boost Your bla.st Given that I am cheap with my...