I got started with Insight Timer because it seemed like a simple way to set a timer for meditation with a few added features that…
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I got started with Insight Timer because it seemed like a simple way to set a timer for meditation with a few added features that…
We’ve been in our new home for 24 months now. Around this time last year, we got our twelfth bill from Entergy at the new…
Since I spent so much time bellyaching here about our cashflow problems, I thought I should at least report some recent tidbits of good news.…
Got my check for working as an extra for HBO’s Treme. It seems the going rate for this kind of work around here is $7.25/hour…
On the subject of our household finances, a consensus has emerged both in the comments of my recent post and elsewhere: Our grocery bill is…
While politicians in DC wrangle with cutting the federal budget, I’m trying to do the same thing here at home. It ain’t easy. I suggested…
We’ve been having a bit of trouble making ends meet ever since Xy changed schools and took a $20K pay cut. Sometimes it’s that last…
I mentioned last January that we got stuck with a big ($500) utility bill that month. There was no question in my mind that our…
There’s a certain domain name of which I am part owner, the other owner being my friend in Missoula. This domain is a three-letter dot-com…
I recently got our energy bill for the period covering the recent cold snap: $500! Granted that was some record-setting weather but still… $500! Ouch.…
Michael gave me a lift early Sunday morning to pick up the car from where Xy had abandoned it on Airline Highway the night before.…
I feel like I’m exhaling and relaxing for the first time since — when was it? — late July. That’s when the idea of moving…
I’m gearing up to sign a bunch of papers in about an hour and a half. First we’re closing on the sale of our old…
House update: Our initial offer was $9K below the seller’s asking price, which got us to a nice round number. We also specified they cover…
I really hate our whole healthcare/insurance system, which is why I get excited when I hear about reform and discouraged when it seems to go…
When we moved to New Orleans ten years ago we set up a bank account with Hibernia. We wanted to bank local, and we heard…
The damage to our car from running up on that curb has been repaired. The bill? $4,008.53. Xy’s response: Time to get a new car.…
Here’s a new one: I got an automated call from eTrade, asking me to call them about my account; checking the website, I saw I…
Back in June 2006 we had some extra money lying around from our insurance settlement. I’m hesitant to name dollar amounts publicly. Let’s just say…
We got our 2009 Real Estate Assessment from City Hall Friday. Last year, I didn’t understand property assessments, but now I think I do, kinda…