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PSA…Real Financial Advice

May 23, 2017April 8, 2009 by shay subscriber

Several years ago when the Spousal Unit and I started to experience a decrease in our income, for the first time in my adult life I really had to get serious about tackling our finances. I am embarrassed to admit that for many years I pretty much mimicked what I had seen with my own …

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Categories frugality, Money, Random babble Tags Dave Ramsey, financial planning, financial woes, Suze Orman 3 Comments

You just need bigger bootstraps

May 23, 2017April 1, 2009 by shay subscriber

Warning full rant ahead! Yeah, its been a week as regular readers can tell. No rosy skies over me but hey I am doing the best I can, some moments are better than others. That said, and forgive me if I have wrote about this before but with over 150 posts there are times I …

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Categories class, Money Tags financial disparity, pull yourself by the bootstraps, working class blues 1 Comment

Driven to steal

May 23, 2017March 24, 2009 by shay subscriber

I hesitate to post this because while I am not breaking any issues of confidentiality, as the director of the center I work at, I should probably keep my trap shut. However we are living in difficult times and well I think as times get rough we will see folks doing some desperate shit despite …

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Categories Money, Random babble Tags hard economic times, poverty, stealing
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