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Okay, so my nephew recently came to stay with me. He will be here for about six months. He is 10. His mother will pay for his food and any other needs that he has while he is here. I should only see a small increase in the water/sewer bill.
My daughter just got back from [...]

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Okay, so…honesty is a virtue. Right? So, to blog about something like one’s income is not easy, but it is honest and to the point. It is hard to come on here and say that things are not going well, but they are not. What I am getting at?
I lost my job. Well, not completely. [...]

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This is an update, my way of letting you know how I am coming along on all of my goals. I may not get to everything this year, but I am hoping to get to as many as I can.
Here are my goals:
(Note Done Yet)* Unplug what I can when the appliances/electronics are not in [...]

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I have heard from different people that they are concerned about the upcoming winter months. In all honesty, I am concerned myself. How can I make it through a winter here? Will I make it through the winter? Have I cut all of the corners that I can? I have no idea.
I keep analyzing everything, [...]

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Well, I had cut my BlockBuster.com service down to 2 movies at a time when we got the DirecTV. While I would like to be able to put it back to where it was, I will have to suffer with the cheap service through out the winter. I can borrow DVDs from family on the [...]

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Well, part one turned out to be pretty long, LOL, but I do believe that you all know how much income fluctuates from year-to-year, and about what my monthly bills are.
This, by the way, is turning out to be one of the leaner years. We will make do, though. We always do.
Last year was a [...]

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I was asked this morning if I wouldn’t mind posting my income, as a reference for others, here on the blog. I haven’t done so yet, because it varies from year-to-year, sometimes greatly.
For instance, last year my (work) income was about $10,000 after deductions. I do not include my daughters survivors benefits as income. I also [...]

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Good morning everyone! I received an email from a very nice lady this morning, a reader who has benefited from this blog. I love receiving emails from my readers. It helps me to know what topics everyone needs me to post on. We all live different, lives, and we all need different things. (I will [...]

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The only things that we actually recycle are returnables. We do not have a vehicle, and we do not have mandatory recycling pick-up because we live in a privately owned park. There are some other things that we do, though:
* We get what newspapers that we need from my mother. When we are done with them,  I use [...]

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There are still things that I intend to start doing to help the environment and to live more frugally. I am attempting to green my home in small steps.
* I used to reuse aluminum foil, and I am going to get back into the habit of this. I will do the same with the wax [...]

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