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Old School Finances – Day 2

April 2, 2009 By Jim Leave a Comment

April 2 I don’t have any cash yet as it takes 3 days for a paper check to clear the bank. Somehow I forgot the days like today. Knowing you have money but cannot access it while watching the gas gauge getting closer to empty. I do not normally carry cash with me so I [...]

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Old School Finances – Day 1 (March 31st)

April 1, 2009 By Jim 2 Comments

For a over a month, I have been really losing a grip on my finances. If you would ask me how much money I have I would not know. All of it was in the bank and I was so busy with the new granddaughter and work that I just could not keep up with [...]

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Tracking your Finances? What Works?

January 12, 2009 By Jim 5 Comments

I used to track our finances very closely. However the last few years I have had problems keeping up. With my finances a mess I had to try something. I used Quicken from about 1995 through 2001. Starting out with a version that came with a Macintosh, I then bought a PC and bought a [...]

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Friday Roundup

January 25, 2008 By Jim Leave a Comment

Need a will? How about online wills? Virgin gets into banking in the US by putting it between you and your friends/relatives. Married people need to make sure this does not happen to them. Just my 2 cents. Jim @ ChangeJarSavings.com © 2008 ChangeJarSavings.com

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