As most people are well aware, the price of gas is skyrocketing in the US and Canada. As you can see from this chart, the price of gas in the US has roughly doubled in the last 18 months. Even though it looks like high gas prices are here to stay for awhile, there are [...]
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I went to lunch with a couple former coworkers the other day and we discussed the current issues at my former company. I never mentioned it when I was looking for a new job, but my former company was having financial difficulties. Those problems have recently intensified, and in the last 12 months the company’s [...]
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Right now our unit at work is extremely busy while we push to meet a major client deliverable. Due to the structure of our work, we’ve been working longer hours and splitting the day to have more coverage to get things done. My current schedule. My normal work schedule is 8-5 with an hour lunch [...]
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Our economic stimulus rebate check arrived in the mail yesterday – $1200! We’re happy to receive it even though we don’t have any big plans in place specifically for the check. Actually, this year we pretty much broke even on our taxes, which is what I prefer. We received a rebate from our state for [...]
A couple weeks ago I wrote about how to get over $200 in free groceries using the deals that Kroger and several other grocery store chains are offering to entice people to spend their economic stimulus checks. Right now, and until July 31, several grocery store chains are offering a 10% bonus if you buy [...]
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We are fast approaching July 4th, the anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1776. Though the war was not officially over until the Treaty of Paris was signed in September of 1783, we celebrate the July 4, 1776 as the birthday of our nation. July 4th is a [...]
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Before you cancel your credit cards, think twice about how it might affect your credit score. I made this mistake about two years ago when I canceled a card I had for over 8 years. Why did I cancel it? Because I hadn’t used it for 5 years, it wasn’t a rewards card like my [...]
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