Old School Finances – Day 3

Friday, 3 April 2009, 7:00 | Category : PF - Banking, PF - Saving Money
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April 3
I had to get some gas this morning before the bank opens. Still no cash but I was able to scrape up some change. I loved the look on the clerks face when I took out Quarters, nickels and dimes to pay for $3.25 worth of gas. Gas is at $2.099 so I have [...]

Old School Finances – Day 2

Thursday, 2 April 2009, 16:53 | Category : PF - Banking, PF - Goals, PF - Saving Money
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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 have [...]

Old School Finances – Day 1 (March 31st)

Wednesday, 1 April 2009, 16:27 | Category : PF - Banking, PF - Saving Money
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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 [...]

Surprised by my own ad

Tuesday, 3 February 2009, 7:00 | Category : Deals / Give Aways, Living - Frugal, PF - Saving Money
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I was checking on my site this morning to make sure a scheduled post came up ok. It had. But then I noticed a spelling error. So I was going to log in to make changes. Since I was going to make changes I scrolled down to check for other errors I might need to [...]

Tracking your Finances? What Works?

Monday, 12 January 2009, 16:25 | Category : PF - Banking, PF - Debt, PF - Goals, PF - Saving Money
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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 PC [...]