Archive for May, 2006

Featured frugal blog: Neat Living

Today’s featured blog is not specifically about financial frugality, but I think you’ll enjoy it. Neat Living is Ariane Benefit’s contribution to a simpler home and lifestyle. Here’s how she describes her blog: Neat Living is about simplifying, letting go of clutter, organizing, “ThinkBuying,” resisting consumerism, getting healthy, working with passion, charity, ethics, and having [...]

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Straightforward tips for getting out of debt

Have credit card debt?  Almost everyone does.  The Credit Card Blog has a great list of 33 Tips to Dig Yourself Out of Credit Card Debt (some of them are obvious, but honestly, this would be ideal as a checklist—seriously, print it out and cross off items).

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Add your feedback: what’s the best strategy for summer cooling?

Last year, we turned on our air conditioner twice.  At times it was a little hot and sticky (here in the Boise, Idaho area it tops 95° pretty much every day in full-on summer), but in general, Daniel and I acclimated to it pretty well and didn’t mind much. Other people… well, that is a [...]

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HSBC raises the interest rate

Woohoo!  Just got an email from HSBC saying the interest rate has just been raised to 4.65% APY.  We just plunked some more savings in there a week ago, so good timing.  We’re planning on keeping half of our savings in there, and also a chunk of money (don’t have it yet) that will be [...]

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Sometimes convenience is cheaper!

I was making a pasta salad yesterday and decided to go all out… I bought sun-dried red bell peppers.  (I know, I’m really living large here!)  The salad was quite tasty, and the peppers were a delicious touch, so this morning I was thinking about the logistic of the peppers. I have a dehydrator that [...]

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