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Finance Gourmet on January 9th, 2009

A quick (but big) thank you to Kristie Lorette, a fellow Copywriting & Marketing pro, who spotted a potentially embarssing quirk on the site and had the courtesy to let me know about it. Thanks Kristie.

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Finance Gourmet on November 28th, 2008

Today, I got a notice in the mail regarding my Citibank credit card.  Mind you, I chose this card a few years ago because of how its travel rewards worked.  It paid off.  We went to Hawaii this year.  Combined with some hotel reward points, three plane tickets and a week in a nice resort [...]

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Finance Gourmet on October 15th, 2008

I’ll be moving the now hybrid version of Finance Gourmet to an all WordPress format.  So, it will look very different soon. Comments on the market, selling the house, and my small business(es) coming tonight, and the rest of this week.

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Finance Gourmet on July 2nd, 2008

Some of you have followed along as we try and sell our house without a real estate agent.  I have documented how we were using Iggyshouse.com to this.  But, the site has been down for the last several days.  I was finally able to find this article suggesting that this is not a temporary glitch. [...]

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Finance Gourmet on June 9th, 2008

These days, medical expenses are a big burden to many family’s budgets. Unfortunately, it isn’t always easy to figure out just how and when you can save money without endangering your health. However, here are some tips that could save you plenty of money on your prescriptions. Costco, Sam’s Club, and Other Warehouse Clubs It [...]

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Finance Gourmet on May 6th, 2008

I’ve become obsessed with themes in WordPress. Nothing seems to be exactly what I want, although there are a lot of great themes out there. Currently I’m using this grid based theme (see credit in footer). I’ve been hacking at it for a while now, and I’m not sure it looks as good as the [...]

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Finance Gourmet on April 26th, 2008

Ok, so nothing at all on the house for two weeks. It was very weird because we were having a few showings every weekend day and one or two the other days with an off day every now and then. Then, all of the sudden, nothing! I checked everything out to make sure a phone [...]

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Finance Gourmet on March 24th, 2008

The 401(k) Primer is up at www.financegourmet.com Direct Link to 401(k) Primer

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Finance Gourmet on March 20th, 2008

Maybe I’m a little late to the party, but I just got a hold of [tag]Windows Live Writer[/tag], and I have to tell you it makes posting to the blog way easier! I love it. Anyway it is part of Windows Live which is apparently Microsoft’s attempt to compete with Google’s expanding repertoire of free [...]

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Finance Gourmet on March 18th, 2008

I’ve decided to do a new series here at Finance Gourmet on the psychology of [tag]money[/tag].  Virtually all the emails I get and questions I’m being asked from both online and in person lately have to do more with psychology than they do with raw numbers and math.  I already have about eleven topics ready [...]

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