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So Chris and I met with a financial planner last night and it was both interesting and informative. The most notable thing I think we learned is that first time homebuyers can help finance their home through their IRA retirement fund.
Typically when you make an early withdraw from an IRA you are subject to […]

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Kind of crazy that we’ve been able to avoid going to the grocery store since last sunday at this point. We’ve managed this primarly through 2 means. The first is great friends like Clint who cooked for us twice last week. The second is through eating out. I know what you […]

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Chris and I have been watching the housing market with bated breath for the last few months, and will be over the course of the next year, since we hope to buy a home next year. So as opposed to most people, i.e. those who already own property, we are always looking for what […]

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Let me preface this by saying that I did not do this video, though I’d be proud to say that. As a matter of fact, I have no idea WHO did the video, but I would gladly attribute it to them, or if they wanted, pull it down.
Now to the good stuff, if you […]

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First and foremost, if it is a service business, like, oh, say cleaning houses….Show up when say you will. Nothing will piss people off than having to clean their own house after you said you would do it for a fee, then your appointed time comes and you are nowhere to be found. […]

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According to a new BetterThanEveryone post Clint’s secret project, an MSDN Disco Dance Floor article has been published. Its a good read if you are looking for an overview of the floor itself, its construction and the code Clint wrote to run it.
Check it out, and learn a little bit of the time and […]

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If you live in a city, you should probably invest in a bike. I’m not saying go sans-car…lord knows that my wife and I couldn’t do that. However, having a bike can equal some significant savings in the long term, and a substantial return on investment.
Lets say that you take some form of […]

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Ate lunch today at Pizza-Ria, and I had a 10% off my purchase coupon. That was great, it saved me $0.90! So lets add that to our total coupon savings for the year!

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I neglected to mention a couple of key items in the previous post. First, our total bill, after coupons, was about $44. So we essentially saved 50% off of our total bill ($22.71). Another thing to remember, is that does not include items that were just on-sale. For example, we got […]

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Growing up my mother’s sunday ritual consisted of clipping coupons. I didn’t realize that for a family of 5, coupons really did make a big difference in the cost of weekly groceries, especially with three growing boys. Since I’ve been out on my own I haven’t really thought much about coupons, after all, […]

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