Lux Living Frugalis

A Good Grease Monkey Is Always Prepared

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:11:52 PST

"Ohhh! Now THAT's gonna cost ya!"

As we are lately revamping the Frugalis House Budget, I thought I'd give a breakdown on what we put back each month on automotive expenses over and above repair/maintain/replace funds, gasoline expenses & the auto insurance escrow.

Many...

Updating $20 Challenge

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:31:46 PST

$000.10 Nov balance
+005.43 addition
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$005.53 Nov MTD

2009 Challenge Total $998.88
Cumulative Challenge Total $2052.64

MY $20 Challenge is to earn / save / find an extra $20 per month or MORE to put into my Roth IRA.

Today was a No-Spend Day!

Savings Goals Updates

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:15:02 PST

Updating sidebar to reflect latest totals -

as of 11/18/2009:
RV Land Travel $260.22
Houseboat $428.78
Dream Car Fund $743.82

Our Banana Crop

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:13:25 PST

We've grown banana trees for years - technically we're in a growing zone that freezes each winter, so must take them out of the ground as winter approaches.

This year we didn't water them much at all besides the original watering in after planting and the occasional bucket of...

Grrls Just Wanna Have E-Funds! Update

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:01:15 PST

Grrls (Lux's Personal) Just Wanna Have E-funds!

$1,391.56 02/18/09
$2,662.81 08/15/09
$3,044.52 08/24/09
$3,194.01 09/22/09
$3,346.03 09/26/09
$3,361.50 10/07/09
$3,408.01 11/07/09
$3,450.18 11/08/09 new balance

The Emperor Will Have No New...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:16:12 PST

The Emperor will have no new clothes. At least not for awhile. Up to my eyeballs in calculator tape revamping the Frugalis Family housebudget. Better hope Santa puts clothes on the list for those here who need them as there is no room at the inn for new clothing. Being up in the...

Bookkeeper Eats Free!

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:49:32 PST

Took another load of wood to my Dad today. Afterwards we were talking about getting something to eat before we headed out of town towards home. FrugalSon said, "Today bookkeepers eat free." That meant me, since I keep his financial records. I took him up on his offer. We had a...

My Honey Bear & His Sidekick

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:40:14 PST

Yes, Hubster is an awfully sweet man, but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about my plastic honey bear, Hank. He's about to get all likker'd up inside.

On Saturday I went to our local farm store where they were having a 20% off everything that fit in their...

His Inner Sanctum Violated

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:06:25 PST

Yesterday was spent working on a really detailed networth statement and cooking a fabulous Sunday dinner.

On the norm I just catch the various bank accounts & retirement funds, but yesterday went to zillow & edmunds and did a more in-depth look at where we are at starting Hubster's...

My Special Treat To You...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:42:33 PST

Off with their heads...

THEIR Trick?
Pay Czar's Just Getting Started
http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/1009/feinberg_fights...

YOUR Treat!!
The Zombie Jamboree* - a fun tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bNy2jA26Cg

*Language alert - contains curse word d*mn.

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Here's a link to Hulu and some of the shows from "The Bank of Mom and Dad".

Be sure and watch the followups as well.

http://www.hulu.com/bank-of-mom-and-dad

I could stand for them to be a bit less boney and have more meat, but tasty none the less!

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I have a spooky Halloween thing going on - my blog posts keep disappearing from the roll! Go to my HOME button and read back thru, my other post for today has some neat tunes in it. Does anyone know, did I push some PRIVATE button that made me disappear?

Edit to Add: Ahhh, I think I figured it out - if you do your posts early and put them in as drafts? It makes your other posts disappear from the main blog roll. Poooh! Go check out my other posts!

http://luxliving.savingadvice.com/2009/10/31/whos-the-quee...

Find out her name - Who's the Halloween Queen?

Who's The Halloween Queen?

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:17:24 PST

Happy Halloween To You!

Click here to listen to one of my favorite bands from way, Way, WAY back in the day!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHEuSGGmX-c

My favorite song of theirs is Chant 13th Hour.

Hope everyone has a nice safe holiday weekend. Enjoy the candy! I'm looking to after the holiday sales to stock up on some dark chocolate! $$'s saved. M&Ms here are up to OVER $4 a bag from $1.98 last year.

Think we'll snuggle in later tonight, pop some corn and watch one of my favorites - Don Knotts in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken.

Here's the Haunted Organ song from that movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz_crHdfggY

...and if you really like good organ music?

Here you go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FXoyr_FyFw

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Dodd moves to freeze CC interest rates:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28769.html

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One of my favorite treats to get at Halloween when I was a kid? Coins! So, if you've yet to buy candy, you might try running to the bank early this morning and getting a couple of rolls of pennies, nickles, dimes or quarters to hand out. I used to just love that! See, I've been a money nerd for a long time!

Strength to Bust Thru The Web?

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:02:47 PST

Do I have enough strength to bust thru the web of too much to do???

Today's Five - Fortified Plus

[X]DONE - 1)Dressed to shoes
[X]DONE - 2)Makeup
[X]DONE - 3)Bed made
[X]DONE - 4)Laundry
[X]DONE - 5)Breakfast
[X]DONE - 6)Walk
[X]DONE - 7)Replace Calculator Tape
[X]DONE...

Please Don't Squeeze the Squash???

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:39:22 PST

Clearing out my purse - squeezed out a measley .25 cents to take to the challenge.

$30.82 Oct balance
+00.25 three nickles & a dime - hate to get caught too short in the wallet! :{ Looking mighty scary in there. Slim pickin's.
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$31.07 Oct MTD

2009 Challenge Total...

Stirring the Pot

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:52:13 PST

As I'm often likely to do towards the end of the month, I went online and rounded up these accounts, just to stir up a bit of the juice in the old interest pot and decrease the leftover flotsam in my personal checking!

RV Land Travel Fund - strictly in savings form
$232.34...

Back from the Races

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:18:14 PST

Yesterday was a new day at the Frugalicious races...

Got up early and Hubster and FrugalSon loaded up the back of my pickup with wood for my Dad using the wheelbarrow as I was not venturing back into the muddy yard with my truck again after getting sunk and stuck the other...

S.S.S.G.

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:14:10 PST

S.S.S.G. = Social Security Speedy Gonzales.

Hubster's first SS check which we applied for on Monday morning 10/26/2009 at 9:00 a.m.? Hit our bank this morning Wednesday 10/28/2009 by 8:00 a.m.! Holy Cow, when did the U.S. government get so efficient???? I am thrilled,...

Today and Carpenter's Pension

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:29:09 PST

Tonight we filled out the online forms for Hubster's Carpenter's Pension to begin. We had busy busy daylight hours today that kept us from getting it done during the day.

It has to be printed out and taken in for a notarized signature. Spouses are protected from being left...

Bugging ebay for my refund

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:36:39 PST

I am dinging ebay again for my small refund of $7.76. Come on Meg - cough it up! First request in late September. It's just one of those things so easy to slip off the radar. I want my refund.
I'm not going to go away.

Visited the Social Security Office

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:07:23 PST

We definitely applied for Social Security benefits for Hubster this morning.

On SS he'll be getting about an $185 a month increase over unemployment. A raise! Not near what he was making last year but a raise over what we've had coming in this year. Unemployment will stop...

Where's the Orange Paint?

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:03:46 PST

...it's down there.

YEP, you know where.

(cue spooky music)

Well, it's got to be dug out SOME TIME so I can paint the spot where the smoke alarm used to set. Some wacko man type personage must of installed it in this weird space between rooms. It was there when we...