Seriously, they're everywhere. It's not all gloom and doom. We're not out of the woods yet, but everywhere I see signs we may have turned a corner and are heading back into better times. Pamida has been bought out by Shopko. Our local Pamida store, which has only been open a few years, will...

Has anyone seen this? The Great Recovery - thegreatrecovery.com I think it's great, what are your thoughts?

Hey Ramsey fans and those looking for a way to get us out of this economic crisis! I'm pretty excited to hear Dave talk about something new and inspiring! :yippee: He is calling it The Great Recovery and it's a grassroots movement to change the economy from the bottom up! The government can't...

DD hosed up our old laptop. A few months back she set up multiple user accounts; set herself as admin and apparently deleted my admin account. Then the laptop got put away out of sight/out of mind. Of course she can't remember her password now, so we can't get the internet security package...

Jobless claims drop more than expected - Business - Eye on the Economy - Stocks & economy - msnbc.com and: This time the growth in jobs looks to be real - Business - Eye on the Economy - msnbc.com I'll take slow-steady, sustainable growth over bubbles any day, personally. Things are still...

Today I paid off our first credit card in our debt snowball.... It was SUCH a good feeling... It was our smallest card since I had it set up from smallest to biggest BUT It has totally given me hope! We have had a very long past four years and to know that we are one down and two months away...

Frugality among consumers is outliving recession - Yahoo! Finance I was a little sad to read that though savings hit 6.4 % last year, it has already dropped to 3.1% now that the economy is plodding along.

Home prices: 1st annual increase in 3 years - Real estate- msnbc.com Personally, I'd like to see home prices go back to the kind of inflation matching value increases we used to see before the real estate glut of the new millennium. I'm QUITE happy with 2-3% a year for real estate, TYVM.

Well hi again, all, I hope someone remembers me. When I first found frugalvillage and began worshiping at the alter of Dave Ramsey last year, I would refer to this board as my rehab. We were doing well with our debt paying and living lean. Of course like most addicts I took a nice fall off...

Addiction Recovery and Financial Stability In another post I have come clean about having issues with problem gambling. I will be keeping an active blog on here in regards to that issue, but I am also posting things here to give myself further incentive to keep away from my worst habit. First...

I know it is hard when there is wintery storm that hits and stops everything. The power goes out, trees are down, no phone, etc... It is very frustrating and dangerous for you and your family. I know it is hard to live without all of these material items been there and done that many times...

i was pondering today on "one year post divorce" status today. it's interesting, this new year seems to be the "year after the year of divorce" aka the year of "mopping up" and goal setting. i have been clearing clutter that happened when i simply couldn't deal. i have been rearranging...

there was a question about "the hardest part of getting out of debt". i typed this up and realized it was better suited for this sub forum. i was abused in every way a child can be abused by the monsters who called themselves parents. i have done a lot of work (12 step and professional...

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