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BATTLING NEEDS VS WANTS
About Me:
LuxLivingFrugalis
Biography? Yes-I love to read them! Location? MidSouth Interests? painting, reading, personal finance, investing, travel Occupation? Retired jUNque' dealer
FrugalisAmericanus, INFJ Scorpio w/Scorpio Rising & Aries Moon long married to a right handsome Virgo ISTJ! I'm his enigma! Wasn't he smart? Unhuh - Many happy years later still he trys to sort the everchanging puzzle!
Hubba-licious!
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A PART OF ALL I EARN
IS MINE TO KEEP! ~G. Clason
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NO credit card debt!!
NO car loans!!
NO mortgage loans!!
NO debts WHATSOEVER!!
Household Emergency Fund is Fully Funded w/1 years pre-tax salary
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"Economy is a poor man's revenue; extravagance, a rich man's ruin." ~~??, frontspiece, The American Frugal Housewife, by Lydia Maria Child, Harper & Row, 1836 edition (dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy).
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Barret Strong-Money (That's What I Want)
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$20 Challenge
Began 08/06 - monthly totals for past years have been moved to the 'Lux's $20 Challenge History' Page in an effort to clean up the sidebar!
01/09=$021.15 total
02/09=$022.09 total
03/09=$023.82 total
04/09=$020.29 total
05/09=$025.92 total
06/09=$024.11 total
07/09=$185.00 total
08/09=$381.71 total
09/09=$258.19 total
10/09=$031.07 total
11/09=$022.46 total
12/09=$021.03 total
2009=$1036.83 YTD
The PLAN was to be paid in full by July 2012 - IF NOT BEFORE! *For historical record of payments see "My Pages" below.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Houseboat Fund-w/Sharebuilder (invested so there will be dips & crests here)
$375.00 09/27/09
$407.54 10/09/09
$390.00 10/30/09
$428.78 11/18/09
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dream Car Fund - w/Ameritrade
'64 Sunbeam Tiger (I used to own a Sunbeam) or a '57 Thunderbird
What I remember was learning to make Tuna Noodle Casserole that our Home Ec teacher said anyone would eat. She had an interesting twist in garnishing it with crushed potato chips on top before putting it in the oven. She was right in it gave the dish an interesting taste. Again, any wonder why the weight gain - potato chips. I have heard it said that those foods from the 50's and 60's are the comfort foods of today. Any thoughts on this?
Aleta it does seems we have a disconnect between cause and effect in our lives. Sometimes our finciancial and health moves seem so distant from the results that we fail to follow logic all the way thru to the concluding results.
I had 3 home economics classes, two of them in middle school. One was cooking where we learned how to make macaroni and cheese from scratch, cookies, apple pie, pancakes, and spaghetti...hmm carbohydrate overload. One was sewing, I think we made potholders and I did a stuffed walrus from a pattern. And the third that I took in high school taught us how to shop for groceries (with field trip to the store), how to find and use coupons, how to write checks, how to balance a check book, and how to make a budget that you and the person you were paired up with and your imaginary children had to abide by based on the set of "bills" she gave you. That last project lasted a month. We also learned what to do to go to a bank or credit union and set up a checking and savings account. They didn't go into credit cards at all, and I wish they would have.
I learned more in that class that I took with me and use daily than any other. A lot of kids took the regular economics class that taught about the stock market and that sort of thing and they never did learn how to run a household. It took me years to learn anything about the stock market, but at least my foundation was built with learning to run a home.
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I learned more in that class that I took with me and use daily than any other. A lot of kids took the regular economics class that taught about the stock market and that sort of thing and they never did learn how to run a household. It took me years to learn anything about the stock market, but at least my foundation was built with learning to run a home.