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[19 May 2008 | No Comment | ]

The other night I had a strange dream. Not as strange as the man made out of hot sauce, but strange none the less.
I wandered into the laundry room and found that the dryer was running. I thought to myself, that there must be clothes in it that need to be taken out.
I woke up that morning, thinking to myself about my dream. Just for fun, I went to the laundry room to see if I really did have a magic dryer.
I opened the dryer, but to my surprise the …

Budgeting, Financial IQ »

[5 May 2008 | 2 Comments | ]

My Jeep gets an average of 12mpg and I can go about 160 miles per tank of gas. It’s pretty bad, Im usually spending $45+ each fill up. Ive been thinking about buying a newer car that gets 24+mpg so I could save on gas money. It sounds like the smart thing to do, spend less on gas, save more money. Right? Guess what, I was wrong.

Budgeting »

[2 May 2008 | No Comment | ]

Things are going okay. I haven’t been able to pay extra on my credit cards this month though. Our dog had an ear infection and also was due for her parvo vaccine. So we had an extra $250 vet bill that we didn’t plan on. My jeep also needed some work done, the engines been misfiring lately and with gas at $3.45 a gallon I needed to get it fixed.
Instead of going to a shop I worked on it myself. I Went down to autozone and picked up some new …