From the monthly archives:

August 2006

Articles I liked this week

by mapgirl on August 24, 2006

There weren’t too many since I didn’t have time much to read this week.
CNN/Money on clashing money styles for couples. Interesting article. Couples and money. Gee. I’d love to get to that state one day…
Madame X on valuing your real estate for your net worth calculation.
Because Simplicity in Kansas was the inspiration for Madame X’s [...]

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From Business Week: Best of PF Blogs

by mapgirl on August 24, 2006

From Business Week
Bah! Just go read PFblogs.org! I’m not knocking the BW list, but y’all can go visit the aggregator and visit a wider variety of blogs, and not just for the young. But if you want to visit blogs for the Under 30 crowd, try the Festival of Under 30 Finances! I’m over 30, [...]

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I am a blogging dork

by mapgirl on August 23, 2006

Yes. I have two commenting systems. I put on Haloscan without understanding it well because I wanted to trackback. However, I don’t really get tracking back and doing the pings. (I don’t have time for all this. I just like to write!)
So yeah. Your friend Mapgirl. Heh. Dork.
Ask me about my WordPress conversion. HA!

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Zoom Zoom!

by mapgirl on August 23, 2006

Ah, so I did it. I picked up the bike, insurance, and title this weekend. Next weekend, a trip to the DMV to complete the transfer. After that, getting the permit. Somewhere in there I have to pick up one more piece of gear (overpants), because I already own my own gear. I’ll try to [...]

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Question of the Day Marathon – Day 17

by mapgirl on August 23, 2006

I was inspired to ask this question by Tricia, but I’m my own victim of this. And I don’t have a husband to blame it on! (Exaggerating for comedic effect here, no offense meant to Tricia’s husband.)
So the question is:
How much of a balance do you leave on your checking account/s?
I have two checking accounts. [...]

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Question of the Day Marathon – Day 16

by mapgirl on August 22, 2006

NCN has today’s question of the day. I really liked this one, partly because I can’t remember the first thing because I’m so old! But the real reason I like this question is that the last thing I bought on credit was my recent surgery. I started to rack my brain for other things [...]

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Citi Dividend Platinum Card

by mapgirl on August 22, 2006

Jonathan ,
Jim, and Claire are reporting the demise of the Citibank Divident Platinum Rewards card. Bummer. I have this card too. The cash back was rather nice. My official notice came in the mail last night.
Is it time to move to Discover or the Citi Driver’s Edge card? Not sure yet. All I know is [...]

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Update on Medical Expenses

by mapgirl on August 21, 2006

After my first follow up with the oral surgeon, we planned out the second surgery. I asked if we could push it off till after the new year starts. And he said yes. YAY! That means more time to save! I can sink some more money in medical FSA next year now that I have [...]

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Question of the Day Marathon – Day 14

by mapgirl on August 18, 2006

Kira asks, ‘What are you vices?’
Journey to Financial Freedom has yesterday’s, ‘Do you have any side income?’

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Lands’ End at Sears

by mapgirl on August 18, 2006

Friday night I promised a girlfriend to help her shop for new clothes for work. We both work in IT so we get cut a lot of slack about our wardrobes. However, I’m at corporate HQ now, and so I actually still have to break out a suit on occaision. She gets to wear jeans [...]

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