…until you ask how much it will add to your electricity bill.
Fun TV facts

Environmentally Friendly TVs may not really be so.- Right now TV’s have their energy star rating based on how much power it uses WHEN IT IS OFF. 
Plasma TVs can use as much power as your refrigerator- Roughly $78 dollars a year with […]

Well, as you may have guessed, it costs a lot more money to live in Madison than it did in Stevens Point.  This means much more creative budgeting for my family until we can get established…
 Anyways, with the recent drop of the interest rates by the fed, keep an eye out for good refinance deals […]

Well, the blog’s been in hibernation for basically all month now, and it still is, but I felt like re-capping some of the nifty factoids about our move.

If something inconvenient can happen it DOES happen- mainly the landlady wanting to come into our apartment a month before we are scheduled to move out.  I suggested […]

Well, it’s officially fall, which means there are all kinds of new ways to have fun.

Ghost Stories- Make up your own, and tell them while hiding in a blanket fort with a flashlight under your chin for best effect.
Leaves- Enjoy the changing colors of the leaves, and a few weeks later enjoy raking them into […]

A few weeks ago I showed someone how to balance her checkbook, she was worried because she only had around $2.00 in her checking and had written some checks that she thought would be good.  I talked to her again today, and she had some follow up questions that were pretty basic but showed that […]

Think about the last person you introduced yourself to, when did you meet them?  What was the context of your meeting?  Introduce yourself to someone new today, and ask them some questions about life, don’t give your opinion, just ask some questions like you’re interviewing them for the news.
Otherwise, enjoy your weekend, I’ll be here […]

…and do it NOW!!!
This is typically the highest-interest debt that people obtain, and maintain.  With many Americans owing over $10,000 to credit card companies, it is an epidemic.
How do I kill credit card debt?

Get all your cards in order, write down the balance (how much you owe) APR (the interest rate) and how much the […]

Over the long weekend I took time off, unplugged the computer, shut myself indoors, and I organized.
 I have lots of stuff that I’d just been putting off and piling up, then shoving it into a box somewhere and starting new piles that got shoved into subsequent boxes.
I’m not the best person for organizing by any […]

Say you’re like me, you own a car, and your hood release lever doesn’t work.  I have several options to fix the car.
1.  I can try to fix it myself and risk breaking additional things.
2. I can go into debt to have someone else fix it.
3. I can access my emergency fund.
So what do you do […]

Well, it’s that time again.  Let’s look at last month’s goals, see where we stack up, and then discuss goals for this month.

40 posts was an ambitious goal, and it really drained my mental energy, I only achieved 32 posts, not what I would like.  The quality of some posts suffered too because of the […]