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I’ve been keeping a watchful eye on our credit card these last few months. We switched from Capital One to Chase not so long ago, but I feared I might have forgotten about a few recurring charges that show up at strange intervals on our statements. For some reason we never seem to receive emails … Read more
I haven’t written in over two weeks. Rather than sitting in the house typing onto my keyboard I spent time lounging by the swimming pool, playing with my son in the sand and generally enjoying all of the moments that make up the start of summer vacation. I considered typing up a bunch of posts … Read more
A few weeks ago I received our rate renewal form from our electric supply company. I read over the documentation and noticed that there were two options available. Here are the original rates in the renewal notice I received: .0929 per kWH for 5% wind .097 per kWH for 50% wind As you can see if I want to … Read more
This is one of those random hodge-podge posts. You know the kind where you start writing about one thing and quickly find yourself thinking about another, so rather than breaking them up you toss them all into the same post and call it a day. — It seems 2013 has continued right where 2012 left … Read more
Are you ready for hurricane Sandy? I spent the day preparing as best as I could. Here are just a few things I did to prepare for the storm. I gathered up all of the flashlights and headlamps I could find in the house. I laid them out on the dining room table along with … Read more
When I was younger I noticed that my parents rarely lived in the same areas of the house. My dad tended to spend his nights working over the kitchen table and my mom often moved into the bedroom to read or watch television. My husband and I moved into our house just over ten years … Read more
Last week I refinanced my house for what I hope to be the very last time. As I signed and dated the last page of our paperwork I couldn’t help by think about this house and all of the time we’ve spent in it. My husband and I purchased this home before we were husband … Read more
How could I forget that my husband and I cannot shop for furniture without arguing with one another? I have written about our disagreements and debacles quite a few times before. There was the infamous coffee table that was recently shipped off to good will and before that arguments over bed frames and china cabinets. It … Read more
A few weeks ago I wrote about the ever-so-pleasant stench of raw sewage that seemed to be invading our home. After spending nearly $1,000 on repairs and hoping the problem would go away I’m afraid to say that it did not. This time the plumbers showed up with a giant ladder and a smoke producing … Read more
This past week my husband and I hired a painter to repair and paint the ceiling in a couple rooms of our home. The original estimate, (roughly $800), included just a couple of rooms. If you’ve ever had a house painted before you know that the minute you paint one room all of the other … Read more