Financial Hack

I never noticed the weight of borrowed money. Payments had become an expected part of my life and I didn’t think I would notice or care if one was gone.
I was wrong.
Ever since I paid off my car, I can’t look at it without smiling. It feels different to drive something I actually [...]

I’m halfway through my week without TV.
I wish I could say this was a great experience but… I’ve never been a particularly good liar. I miss Judge Judy and Grey’s Anatomy.
I weeded my garden, cleaned out my pantry, washed and folded my laundry on the same day (a personal record), filed for a reduction [...]

We’ve been doing our best to be fiscally responsible for the past few months. We’ve read the books of great authors, listened to radio programs, watched finance shows on TV, and researched budget methods online but I noticed one issue consistently left out… animals.
I love animals but no one addresses the high cost [...]

My company is conducting internal ‘how are we doing’ roundtable meetings. Before the meetings started, they hired a third party company to conduct ‘confidential’ written surveys. The following information was required to complete the ‘confidential’ form (did I mention it was supposed to be confidential?):
1: Your Department
2: Your Age
3: Your Gender
4: Your Length [...]

Username: Rebekah
Password: ********
Enter.
‘You have been locked out of all Company X computers. ’ Popped up in bright red letters across my computer.
‘Candy? Can you log in?’ I squeaked to a co-worker.
‘Yeah, no problems. Why…’ she started to say and stopped suddenly when she saw my screen. ‘I hate to say this but… [...]

I came home last week, excited to catch up on my recorded episodes of Judge Judy, when my plans were suddenly thwarted.
My roommate was comfortably relaxed on the couch watching a violent Brad Pitt movie. Now, I love Brad Pitt as much as any red blooded American female but… I can’t handle violence.
Waiting for [...]

First off, I’d like to thank the academy for choosing my film…
Oh wait. Wrong speech. *Scrambles through flashcards*
Here it is…
First off, I’d like to thank Dave Ramsey who showed me that finding a budget method that works for me is better than getting a raise. Second, I’d like to thank the tanking economy [...]

I’d like to thank you for offering me a loan when I needed it… *cough*… I mean, when I WANTED it.
While our relationship has been great and I have appreciated your monthly letters of good tidings, I’m afraid I have to end things. You see, I met with my tax man and [...]

It’s Friday!
Time to spend time with your honey? Your friends? Your family?
Oh. But you’re on a budget. You can’t right?
My husband and I have discovered cheap, fun ways to get out on a Friday night without ruining your perfectly planned budget.
OK, so no one has a perfect budget… but we can [...]

I’ve been taking the stairs at work once or twice a day and have become increasingly frustrated at my inability to hike 10 flights without stopping to breathe like an asthmatic smoker with advanced stages of lung disease.
At first, I could only hike 4 flights before needing a break. Now I can hike 7 [...]