...but am climbing back on. Well, I've been trying to accomplish a couple of goals in these last few months -- one was not to incur any more consumer debt, and the other was to get some stuff fixed around my house. It turns out that I over did it on the latter, leading me to fail at the former. I...

It was in February of 2008 that I decided to change my relationship with money. I was sick of living week to week, always being scrambling to pay bills, being in debt and being generally stressed over money. I bartered with a life coach for a couple of sessions, but quickly realized I didn't need...

After thinking about selling my house, I have decided to stick it out at least another year and am in the process of refinancing. The lower interest rate will save me quite a bit each month, and I am "rolling in" a home equity loan ($14,000) and the last remaining credit card I have ($10,000...

Well, I've gotten paid from a new client and used part of the money to pay off a store credit card (at 0% interest) that I had opened to pay for a new mattress and box spring 18 months ago. I love my bed -- it's a tempurpedic and it really is restorative to sleep on (my dog and cat think so,...

" Stupid Tax total for me in 2007 so far is $2,553.45 because of mismanagement of my bank account." " I never balanced the checkbook" I think that kind of waste is well worth taking the time to balance the checkbook. If he spent an hour a week, it would have been like paying himself...