08
Jan
I caught ABC’s Nightline last night on reducing credit card debt. The featured a woman in Detroit who was swimming in credit card debt. It was a fascinating segment on how to call the credit card companies to get your APR reduced. I was aware of this technique but wasn’t sure how easy it would […]
30
Dec
You will notice that all the debt bars on the right side of the blog have been updated. I have put together a spread sheet of all our non-secured debt and you can see it in all its glory on the right side of the blog. In the past I hadn’t included all the […]
15
Apr
My taxes were finished today and we were delighted to hear that we will get almost $15,000 back from the Federal government. This doesn’t include the $1,800 we will receive as part of Bush’s economic stimulus package.
We got the generous return because of the losses we suffered in the sale of two houses in 2007. […]
27
Mar
I was reading a newspaper online the other day and came across an article explaining when and how I was going to receive my “economic stimulus” tax refund. According to my social security number, my check will be mailed to me on May 9. We should get $1800, $600 each for my wife and I […]