Archive for April, 2006

By the way…

This evening, we had a friend over and he and I were chatting about design and whatnot. He went home, and then my husband and I were talking about Prosper and how we’d really like to start investing in it. I said that maybe we could once we paid off the student loans (knowing there [...]

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Featured frugal blog: Personal Money Tips

I am part of a group called LinkedIn Bloggers, which is, not surprisingly, made up of bloggers who are members of LinkedIn. It’s a great discussion group and I’ve made some good contacts and learned some very useful things through it. One of the more recent developments within the group is a weekly “blog boost.” [...]

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Fantastic online comparison shopping

I just discovered AddALL and am hooked. AddALL is a book price comparision site that’s getting me better results than all of the methods I’ve been using, and their sister sites (A Magazine Area, A Music Area, and A Movie Area) will help you in the same way when you’re looking for magazines, CDs, and [...]

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Tough times ahead for folks with interest-onlys and ARMs

I just read a very sobering article that is documenting the woes of some families who have interest-only mortgages or adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs). I highly recommend reading the whole article (especially if you’re in this situation or know people who are, because there are resources mentioned at the bottom that might help) but here [...]

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