Are In Store Credit Card Offers Becoming More Aggressive?

March 31, 2009

photo credit: qnr Over the weekend my wife and I did quite a bit of shopping.  I needed some clothing and a shop vac to clean up in our garage after a long winter.  My wife wanted to get some dishes.  We also needed to stop by the grocery store. While we were running around [...]

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To Succeed Diversify And Create Multiple Streams Of Income

March 30, 2009

photo credit: jenn_jenn Tough Times Mean You Need To Plan Ahead Since September or so of last year our economy has been in a tailspin, and everyone seems to be scrambling and trying to figure out what to do in what could be a very long economic meltdown. Jobs and retirements are disappearing, and many [...]

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Vote For Me In The Final Four To Support My Charity: Second Harvest Heartland

March 30, 2009

March Madness – Help Me Win So I Can Donate To Second Harvest Heartland! I’ve been asking for your votes for a few weeks now for the Free Money Finance March Madness competition. Thanks to your votes I made it through to the Final Four! I’m gratified to have made it this far because that [...]

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Vote For Me In The Free Money Finance March Madness Elite Eight

March 29, 2009

March Madness – Help Me Win! A week ago I asked for everyone to vote for me in round 3 the Free Money Finance March Madness competition.   Thanks to your votes I made it through to the Elite Eight of Free Money Finance’s March Madness.   That means if I win in this round starting today [...]

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Devotional: Expect Delays

March 29, 2009

photo credit: bogenfreund As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy. – James 5:11 As my brother and I drove home from a Christian coffee house, we had a discussion [...]

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Are You Participating In All The Doom And Gloom? Don’t! Have Hope.

March 27, 2009

Ever since last September our (or arguably before then) our economy has been in a downturn.  Big companies, small lenders and consumers all engaged in irresponsible behaviors that resulted in the failure of  businesses, and necessitated the bailouts of many others.  People are being laid off left and right,  and things are extremely tight!  So [...]

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When Will We See An Increase In Our Paychecks Due To The Stimulus Package?

March 26, 2009

photo credit: kozumel A few weeks ago the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was passed.  Since it was passed we have talked about quite a few of the benefits including home buyer tax credits, sales tax credits for new car buyers, and a post about overall stimulus package benefits. Today I thought we [...]

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Are You Emotionally Invested In Your Credit Card?

March 25, 2009

I was listening to the Dave Ramsey show on my way to work this morning, and Dave was talking to a caller on his show that had just taken the plunge, pledged to go no further into debt and then cut up his credit cards.   He was talking about how it had been extremely [...]

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Extra Money Update, Links And 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Me

March 24, 2009

Make Extra Money! Cash Crate Update A while back I posted a couple of times about a site that I was using to make some extra money using a site called Cash Crate. I actually did a full cash crate tutorial explaining how you can set up an account and get started on filling our [...]

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Thoughts On Prosperity From Abe Lincoln

March 24, 2009

Quote from Abraham Lincoln: Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him [...]

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Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Owe Nothing But Love

March 24, 2009

Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. Romans 13:8

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Don’t Let Unexpected Stress Be An Excuse For Spending

March 23, 2009

photo credit: Lisa Brewster Everybody Has Stress The last year has been extremely stressful one for my wife and I.  My wife had a blood clot in her entire leg last March, and ended up being in the hospital for about 3 weeks.  Then this winter my wife’s job was in jeopardy because the church [...]

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Vote For Me In The Free Money Finance March Madness Sweet Sixteen

March 20, 2009

March Madness – Help Me Win! A week or so back I posted on this blog to beg for everyone to vote for me in round 2 the Free Money Finance March Madness competition.  It seems to have worked as I eked out a win to move on to the sweet sixteen! Round 3, or [...]

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Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: I Am Ready For Anything Through Christ

March 20, 2009

For I have learned to be content, whatever the circumstances may be. I know now how to live when things are difficult and I know how to live when things are prosperous. In general and in particular I have learned the secret of eating well or going hungry of facing either plenty of poverty. I [...]

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