As of today. *phew!!* :pblow: Still trying to settle into new place we will be buying, renting for now. Am wore out!! lol But happy. Am able to eat and sleep again finally, lol. Old mortgage... $2300 month (yeah, THEY messed up on escrow). New mortgage will be around $700 or...

Just home from the grocery store... I buy Horizon Organic Milk in half gallon normally. Albies usually runs this about $3.29. Today.....$5.19 :ugh: I almost had to be scraped up off the floor of the dairy isle.

I've slowly been retiring. For some folks, retirement is a one time thing: today I work, tomorrow I don't. But for me, retirement came in increments. I loved being a teacher, and taught at one level or another, in one place or another, in some shape or another for 40 years! Yep, started in...

I had to do laundry and was out of detergent. I stopped by CVS and none were on sale, so I chose Arm & Hammer b/c it had a lower price than the others. The 50 oz was $7.49. Seemed kind of high, but I was in a hurry. Later, I stopped by Stop & Shop to pick up coffee, and saw the 50 oz A&H on...

everything around the house that i planted is growing out of site my heirloom tomatoes are at least 5 ft. tall and my bell peppers and squash are not to far behind the 15 rows of green beans are at least 15 ins. tall too going to be a busy year to can--still trying to keep busy -ds is pushing me...

And I mean H U G E !!!! :laugh: I keep finding more to put out there. Yes, the kids really do think they're next! Cracks me up.... So the yard sale is this Friday & Saturday, but they are predicting a 50% chance of rain those 2 days! :nerv2: I have so much stuff, I literally cannot keep...

I'm not just talking 5-10 cents....I'm talking $2. At Sam's Club....25# of flour is $2 higher than 2 weeks ago...so is Coke 32 pk....chex Mix was $1 more (going to be deleting the last 2 items from our budget except for special occasions).....went to HEB and #10 hamburger went up $2..its now...

Okay so I wakeup Sat morning with my eye lid swollen..I've never had a sty sp? before..I've been putting neosporine on it now for over 24 hrs..I have to go back to work tomorrow and I don't want to go looking like this..Any suggestionss would be great!

Some of you know I am a pediatric home care nurse, caring for complicated, ventilator-dependent children. Last night, I was sitting in the driveway, handing out Hallowe'en goodies to the kids, when a two year old "bumble bee" comes toddling up. I had to look at her for a minute but sure enough -...

Picked up a newish book by the 'Twilight' series author at a garage sale- $1, hardcover. Told one of my friends who was GREEN with envy- her 12 yo daughter has been begging for that book forever, but it's still $10 ish even on ebay, plus shipping, last she looked, so they hadn't bought it yet...

http://www.mint.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/DAT2010mint.jpg Putting a link to the infographic. Where are your tax dollars going?

Why? :thinking: You are giving your dear Uncle Sam an interest free loan! Change your deductions on your W4 and pay your debt sooner if that is what you are doing with your refund. It saves interest over the course of the entire year. You don't know how to claim and get just a little...

I got a call from a company that deals with getting compensation back from PPI taken out on loans and mtg's. the guy on the phone said i *could* get back atleast 6k but that is before the banks take there % and fees from it so i could be left with not much then i was thinking what does it cost...

Gosh i just bought 5 large pint containers of strawberries for .49 cents each. They are huge ones to.

There was a fire in my town and the apartment building was total loss leaving 160 without a home. I was in shock when I heard, its just so sad with it being so close to christmas. Thank god everyone is safe and all the animals got out alive but some people all they have is the shirt of...

Im not sure if this was posted here already but there is a huge sale on Downy at k mart. The 64 oz Downy is on sale 3/ $9. That price isnt the greatest but when you get to the register you automatically get and extra $5 off because there is also a promotion for $5 off when you purchase 3 Downy...

I am about to go totally nuts. I am basically stuck in bed for at least the next three weeks. I had a tough patch of skin on my toe I was not really concerned about. OK, bigmistake. I am a diabetic with peripheral neuropathy classified as severe. I have absolutely NO feeling in my feet, my...

Today is DH's payday that's being put towards the August 1st bills. Tomorrow, we get another $486.86 from a special credit issued by the Province of Alberta. I also have a $100 dollar check sitting here waiting to be deposited into my account, which will go in on Sunday. All of that aside, guess...

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