I’m revisiting some of my first posts in celebration of five years of blogging. Join me in some fun reading. I love books! I make frequent trips to our local library. I love just walking through the door and seeing all those wonderful books. It boggles my mind to think of the number of authors […]
It’s almost gone! I’ve been running into the mainland to put in an extra shift for the last two weeks and have more lined up. The plan is to pay off the credit card by the end of this month. It’s not the last debt, but this brings it down to two. By the […]
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet:” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does […]
Is it pork with a dash of lipstick and lots of spending, or is it going to create lots and lots of jobs? You decide what the stimulus appropriations package is. You can read a brief summary at My Two Dollars. Since the actual bill weighs in at 1071 pages, I’m sure you will appreciate […]
The deed has been done. A big, honkin’ debt has been paid. I had to buy a new central air conditioner last July before we even moved into our money pit. Since I had already laid out the funds to pay half on the home, to put in two new bathroom floors and two low flow […]
I just read a post over at LivingAlmostLarge about downgrading your lifestyle. Have you been thinking about doing this? It could be for a variety of reasons – becoming more frugal so that you can pay off that mountain of debt, becoming more aware of the impact your lifestyle has on the environment, nearing retirement, choosing […]
I make frequent trips to our local library. I love just walking through the door and seeing all those wonderful books. It boggles my mind to think of the number of authors who live there amidst all those words. Very often I don’t take the time to linger. I’m usually running through a list of errands and […]