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I hope the title didn’t worry you. We’re doing okay with our finances, saving money, paying down debt, etc. I was just reading this week a wave of news stories that had the same theme: how hard [...]
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Since moving a few weeks ago to a new state I wanted to give an update to how our budget has been affected.
Bill
Change
Rent
35%
Food
-
Gasoline
-50%
Cable/Internet
-15%
Car Insurance
-22%
Phone
-
Rent: This actually has increased, but we expected it would go up because we wanted a second bedroom. The apartment is twice the size of our old place and we [...]
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Things are moving along. So far, so good. I just finished getting our utilities set up between the old apartment and the new one. Good news is that for the new place we do not need a deposit for electricity. There’s a $17 connection fee. Our old power company will send a [...]
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It has been a busy two days for us. My friend came over yesterday and we managed to pack 7 boxes.
I didn’t realize how much we do have in our small apartment. We trashed a few bags worth of stuff that were cluttering up the place and couldn’t donate.
Here’s a to-do list so [...]
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