My husband and I have long dreamed of being able to quit our respective jobs and spend time working on various open source projects and personal interests. (I know we’re not the only ones!) We’re on track to pay off our house in not too many more years, but one of the things we’ve been [...]
Read More >>ABN AMRO happens to be the bank holding our mortgage, so a few things have caught my eye recently. First, we recently received a letter from them telling us that we were among the 2 million customers whose data is on a tape that was lost in transit to a credit reporting bureau. This wasn’t [...]
Read More >>Have a sewing machine or access to one? I’ve just posted a tutorial on Crafty Geek called “How to make a rice bag”. The supplies are just a hand towel (check the dollar store), 5 pounds of rice, and a little bit of thread, so it’s extremely affordable, and it’s a great gift (especially for [...]
Read More >>I’m trying a new toy. BlogExplosion, ever the innovators, have created a cool tool called “Rent my blog”. It’s kind of like some of the ad programs (Adbrite?), but it’s a person-to-person thing, and the whole point is to promote your site by helping others promote their sites. This takes the form of a cute [...]
Read More >>Welcome to the 25th Carnival of Personal Finance! We have a great selection of fabulous entries this week, and in the interest of almost-randomness, I’ve organized them in order of word count. Start at the beginning for bite-sized chunks flowing into essay-length pieces. Want to get down to the meaty stuff first? Start at the [...]
Read More >>As I mentioned on my Ten Dollar Verdict post, I’m launching a new blog. I’ve decided to focus it on the generic topic of crafts, and since I’m a geek, here it is: Crafty Geek. It’s very much still in launch stage, as it only has one post, but that will be increasing shortly. I [...]
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