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Archives for May 2016

Peanut Butter Carob Banana Smoothie

May 22, 2016 By Deb 6 Comments

Peanut Butter Carob Banana Smoothie

Summer’s coming! Along with all the wonderful sunshine, days in the pool and sprinklers, vacations, and gardening comes the not-so-pleasant sweltering heat. Back when Al and I lived in Southern California, on hot summer days we would drop by Jamba Juice for a nice, cold, refreshing smoothie. Now, we live in hot, humid TN and […]

Filed Under: Food & Kitchen Tagged With: food, groceries, recipes

Chest Freezer vs. Upright Freezer: Which Saves More Crumbs?

May 15, 2016 By Al 2 Comments

Chest Freezer vs Upright Freezer

This last Christmas, I bought Deb one of her most expensive gifts ever. I upgraded her to a brand new chest freezer—you heard me right, it wasn’t even purchased used from Craigslist. For the year or two previously, we were actually using an old 10 cubic feet upright freezer that we bought for $150 on Craigslist. […]

Filed Under: Food & Kitchen, Our Finances Tagged With: appliances, credit cards, electricity, gift cards, groceries, kitchen

Don’t Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford

May 8, 2016 By Al 4 Comments

Don't buy stuff you cannot afford

Sometimes getting control of our money just involves a little common sense. But common sense isn’t always so common these days. To illustrate, this parody sketch from about 10 years ago provides an example of how some very simple, common sense money principles have become so hard to understand nowadays:

Filed Under: For Fun, Principles Tagged With: debt, saving money, savings

How to Invest in Real Estate Without Owning Any

May 1, 2016 By Al 3 Comments

How to Invest In Real Estate

Real estate is one of the oldest forms of investing known to man. It’s still one of the most common paths to wealth and one of the most reliable ways to put our money to work. You already know that I don’t consider the home we live in the greatest of financial investments (still a worthwhile […]

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Filed Under: Investing Tagged With: home, house, investing, REIT

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