Category Archives: August 2010

Back to school shopping

Today’s thrifty tip: Back-to-school shopping–don’t.  When I was a child, my Mom never took me back-to-school shopping.  We didn’t have much money to spare, and my Mom’s philosophy was that you didn’t go shopping until you needed something.  I’ve applied … Continue reading

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Next step completed

Today I checked another item off my to-do list.  This was a “biggie”.  I finally got all of our documents together and faxed our loan modification application.  All 58 pages.  It only took half an hour to send the fax.  … Continue reading

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Customer Service

One of my errands today was to deposit enough in the checking account to cover the automatic equity line payment withdrawal.  I really dislike going to “C” bank, but I go because I need to make the deposit.  Today was … Continue reading

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Creative Vultures

As soon as I saw the car driving slowly down the street with two woman inside, I knew, I just knew what was coming.  The kids and I were getting into our car and I saw the sedan come down … Continue reading

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Telling a friend

Yesterday, I finally told my best friend that Ed and I were having financial difficulties and are applying for a loan mod.  I felt it was about time.  Especially since they are having trouble making ends meet, too.  We’ll be … Continue reading

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