Archive for August 6th, 2007

Anyone else nervous about their upcoming electric bill? »

By Chad on Aug 6, 2007 in Utilities | 0 Comments

The weather around my neck of the woods has been unpleasant for a few weeks now, plus we were home all day for about a week and a half while we were on vacation. Because of all of that, the air conditioner has been getting a substantial amount of use. And with light and moderate [...]

Behind the scenes work »

By Chad on Aug 6, 2007 in Site News | 2 Comments

This past weekend I finally got around to reading Clever Dudes post 50 Tips for New Personal Finance Bloggers, which led me to another blog with a post called 25 Steps To A Wildly Successful Personal Finance Blog. While a lot of the steps listed I have already done, there were plenty more idea’s, especially [...]

A few more new sites in my reader »

By Chad on Aug 6, 2007 in My Fav PF/Debt Blogs | 2 Comments

I’m starting to learn that there are a lot of personal sites out there devoted to finances and debt. Here are some that made my cut and are now part of my daily reads. For my complete list of sites I subscribe to, refer to my blogroll in one of my right side columns.

DebtKid.com
My Debt [...]

Weekend spending report »

By Chad on Aug 6, 2007 in Spending Report | 0 Comments

I decided to start a new segment called ‘Weekend Spending Report’ where I will summarize a bit where some of our cash went over the weekend. Why? A) I need to post more, and B) weekends generally are where we spend the most unnecessarily; and this could help teach us more control.
We were actually well [...]