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Morning Roundup

I’ve Joined The Yakezie Challenge!

March 13, 2010
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I’m excited to announce that I’ve joined the Yakezie Challenge. So you are probably asking, what is that?
The Yakezie challenge was started by personal finance blog Financial Samurai as a way for personal finance bloggers to network, get to know each other better, and to improve their Alexa rank. I am [...]

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Weekly Roundup – A Carnival, Consumption Smoothing, An Online Business, and a Paper Budget for Your Pocket

March 11, 2010

We participated in this week’s edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance hosted by Mary at SimplyForties. She hosted a fabulous carnival with a “women in history” theme. Our article “Eliminate Credit Card Debt – 47 Ways To Save Money and Get The Cash You need to Get Rid of Your Credit Card [...]

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Weekly Roundup – The 219th Festival of Frugality hosted by Miss Thrifty

March 4, 2010

This week’s Festival of Frugality was hosted at Miss Thrifty, a UK blog. With a Ration Book theme, this is an outstanding festival this week, with lots of frugal ideas and tips. We are thrilled that our article “50 chicken crockpot recipes” was chosen as an editor’s pick. Here are our favorites [...]

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Weekly Roundup – It’s Cold In Florida Edition

January 9, 2010

We’ve been dealing with unseasonably cold weather for the last week or two. It’s been a nice change but I think we’re all ready for some warmer weather. We may even have some snow this weekend!
This past week Not Made of Money participated in the Carnival of Personal Finance #238 [...]

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Weekend Roundup – Happy Valentine’s Day Edition

February 14, 2009

Happy Valentine’s Day! We’re celebrating the holiday pretty low key. I baked some homemade cupcakes for the kids and we’ll have homemade pizza as a treat later on. I did decorate the kitchen table with a Valentine theme tablecloth from the dollar store and some pink and white streamers that I had [...]

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Weekend Roundup – Carnivals of Personal Finance and Money Hacks

February 1, 2009

The kids have been wanting to start a garden this Spring. They had one last year and we all enjoyed the tomatoes and strawberries they grew. In the next few weeks we’ll be getting our gardening supplies together and getting the ground ready. I hope we have another successful harvest!
This past week [...]

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Weekend Roundup – Put Away The Christmas Stuff Edition

January 4, 2009

We finished taking the outdoor Christmas decorations down yesterday and everything is all boxed up and put away. I made my master list of what Christmas decorations we have and what gifts I purchased for next year. I stapled this list to my 2009 calendar in the month of August, which is when [...]

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Weekend Roundup – Getting Ready for Thanksgiving Edition

November 17, 2008

Well with Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, I’ve been busy making my shopping list and my cooking plan. As has been my tradition for years now, I cook our Thanksgiving meal on the day before Thanksgiving, and then reheat it for Thanksgiving dinner. This way I can enjoy the holiday and not fuss over a [...]

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Weekend Roundup – Super Soakers on Clearance Fun

September 6, 2008

This past week I was lucky enough to find two super soaker water guns on clearance at Target for $1.98 each and at that price, of course, I purchased them both! Mr. NMOM and the kids have been having a great time today playing in the backyard with the water guns and enjoying the [...]

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Tuesday Roundup – Carnival of Personal Finance and Festival of Frugality

July 15, 2008

This week’s carnival of personal finance was hosted at Budgeting Babe. Here are my favorites from the carnival:
In Debt Because I Like Nice Things writes a very in-depth guide on how to downsize your stuff in “How Do I Sell My Stuff: Part I Determining What You Can Sell.” The article states [...]

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