Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the category archives:
I’m having the ultimate Fix or Replace dilemma. My car is very old with about 140,000 miles on it. It’s paid off, but it’s got something funny going on. There is a lot of sway on the car in the back. Every time I hit a bump there is some nasty fishtailing.
It’s a bit of [...]
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My friend, Dean, has a website on how to fix your own credit. It’s pretty detailed because it’s what he did himself, for free, to fix his own credit. No joke, it’s the real thing. It’s not flashy and he’s not out to make tons of money by having the site. He has a real [...]
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I gave my mother the red lace shawl for Christmas. I can always make another and I was really proud of it. It’s perfect in color for her to wear with her mink coat. (Yes, my mom bought one. It’s a black mink swing coat since she really doesn’t need a full-length one.)
I made another [...]
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I met a woman over the weekend who is temping. Because of her circumstances, she’s making a lot of cookies for Christmas. I think we counted her tally was almost 10 dozen.
As a kid in junior high and high school, I’d bake at least 5 dozen with my family for gifts.
These days, I don’t bother [...]
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So I finished a paisley shawl for myself. It’s from Interweave Knits, Spring 2005. (No backissues are available anymore.) It’s taken me 3.5 years to finish it, mostly because I effed it up so badly I couldn’t look at it for 2 years. I got the guts to admit it was a mess and then [...]
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A baby blanket for my cousin is done. It’s been an intense 3 weeks making it. Trying to finish a knitted picot edge on my red shawl and then an i-cord bind off that will last a lifetime of being dragged around by rambunctious kid is tiring. Binding off a project involves holding a yarn [...]
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Everyone needs to try! Tricia started and now she gets why it’s so good.
Here’s links to:
Johno’s amazing whole wheat recipe – I’m sold, even though it takes a while. It’s worth it to breakdown the whole wheat flour into amazing flavor. Some things are worth the wait
A post with some of my newbie bread baker [...]
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Went to the drive-in again on Friday night. I bought the tolls and tickets into the show. ($4+$16=$20) Boyfriend bought us a whole 16″ pizza pie, popcorn and drinks. ($25ish) I also bought a drink for the road trip back. ($2) FWIW, lunch on Friday at work was free because of a group presentation.
Saturday I [...]
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How about 2 3rd place finishes for the baby goats my friend took to the show? Ok. I know, you don’t read my blog to hear about cute little baby goats. CuteOverload needs a new category for them though. They are pretty adorable.
Dinner Friday night at Calico was superb. The duckling I had was okay, [...]
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There have been days this summer, or rather sleepless nights, where I regretted getting the bike. And then I had a perfectly clear afternoon this week, schedule-wise and weather-wise. I put my fully-charged battery back into the bike, mashing up the screw on the right and got it started again. I love fixing stuff myself, [...]
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