On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) said that he wishes he had called for President Joe Biden to step aside earlier than he did and “clearly, what was going on in the White House The post Moulton: I Should Have Called for Biden to...
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Published on: 2025-03-31
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Breitbart
On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” The Hill Senior Political Correspondent Amie Parnes, one of the co-authors of “FIGHT, Inside the Wildest Battle for The White House”, said that “I think every Democrat has a story…where they saw President Biden The post Biden Book Co-Author Parnes: ‘I Think Every Democrat...
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Published on: 2025-03-31
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Breitbart
In the last few weeks, the number of calls on the house have picked up dramatically. With the fresh paint, greener outside, reduced price, and increased requests for showings, I am certain the right family will see the house. Or a investor, I suppose. (In fact, the couple who viewed...
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Published on: 2025-03-31
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Blogging Away Debt
This weekend the “Bride Tribe” will gather to shop for wedding dresses and bridesmaid dresses. So exciting! This is my first time ever participating in any of these type of activities. Beauty has also given me direction on what I will need to wear to her wedding. But I have...
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Published on: 2025-03-28
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Blogging Away Debt
One night, after I’d already been writing Bitches Get Riches for many years, I awoke in a cold sweat, gripped with the sudden realization that I had an incredibly comprehensive resignation checklist… but I’d never actually written it down. It was the height of the post-pandemic “Great Resignation.” Millions of...
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Published on: 2025-03-28
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Bitches Get Riches
I’m typically pretty good about keeping up with my budget. I have a set amount designated for each budget category, and I update my purchases frequently to see where I fall within the parameters I’ve set for myself. The last couple weeks have been a bit of a blur, though....
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Published on: 2025-03-24
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Blogging Away Debt
So, maybe you’ve got an irregular income—meaning you don’t make the same amount of money every paycheck. If that’s you, you aren’t alone. Plenty of people work hourly or commission-based jobs or have side gigs that change up their income every month. But you can—and should—budget every month, irregular income...
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Published on: 2025-03-21
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Ramsey Solutions
Next week, I will spend $2,600 on the house. I’m going to paint the interior all one color (expect for the bathrooms and the laundry room, those will remain untouched.) We discovered an issue with electric that must be resolved to sell the house. Don’t get me started on how...
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Published on: 2025-03-20
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Blogging Away Debt
At the time of this post, I’ve just returned from my 2 weeks in Georgia. And will have a busy couple of weeks with doctors appointments, annual vet visit for Addie, and wedding dress shopping with Beauty and her bridesmaides…fun times! I wrote previously about my plan to travel and...
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Published on: 2025-03-16
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Blogging Away Debt
The plan was set. Leave Friday morning, lunch with Princess before she had to go to work. Dinner with an old friend I hadn’t seen in a while. Leave early Saturday morning with Addie and Jake in tow to head to Texas. Get to my parents Sunday. Then she called…...
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Published on: 2025-03-12
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Blogging Away Debt
Making a budget might seem overwhelming at first, but hear this: You can do it. How? By breaking down the process a bit. Because no one eats an elephant by swallowing it whole. (You go one bite at a time.) And no one leaps into budgeting like a pro. (You...
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Published on: 2025-03-11
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Ramsey Solutions
In accordance with one of my New Years Goals, I’ve been meeting with and interviewing financial advisors. And it’s made me stop and take stock of some of my money habits and think more broadly about our financial goals. Since the early days of the blog, I’ve been a saver....
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Published on: 2025-03-10
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Blogging Away Debt
I realize the many posts on the house and the delay in things happening and posts going live has caused a bit of confusion. This is a synopsis post of what has happened to date and where things stand as of today. Late January/Early February I requested referrals for real...
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Published on: 2025-03-08
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Blogging Away Debt
It shouldn’t cost $64 to change a lightbulb. Yet that was the quote they gave me when I took my 10-year-old Volkswagen Golf to the dealership for service. Along with another $4,824.56 in repairs of varying urgency. I met this estimate with cool and queenly disdain, declined the repairs, and...
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Published on: 2025-03-07
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Bitches Get Riches
On the evening of Monday, February 24, the house went under contract. Anticipated closing is the end of March. I’m not going to share more until we get through appraisal and inspection. This has altered my plans again. There is a buyer’s agent involved, but no seller’s agent. Because this...
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Published on: 2025-03-06
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Blogging Away Debt
Today Jake has officially moved in with his dad, my youngest son, Gymnast. And I have passed off the financial responsibility on to him as well. Jake moved in with Princess last summer when she got her solo apartment. I insisted on it as a security measure. And frankly, the...
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Published on: 2025-03-03
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Blogging Away Debt
As of today, I now need to make $3,555 this month to pay the bills. It’s doable. I’ve got the work lined up. I realize this gives many of the BAD community heartburn. I suppose it does me as well. But I am used to it. With the work lined...
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Published on: 2025-03-01
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Blogging Away Debt
I really appreciate the BAD community’s guidance when it comes to listing my house in the best light. But I will say, I never want to have to move out of a house or sell another house as long as I live. The next home…well, it better be the one...
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Published on: 2025-02-28
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Blogging Away Debt
It’s the fastest-growing debt in America—student loans.1 Right now, student loan debt is sitting at an all-time high of $1.58 trillion, and around 45 million Americans currently have student loans.2,3 Wowza! In fact, most college students (65%) graduate with student loans.4 And the average student loan debt per borrower is...
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Published on: 2025-02-24
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Ramsey Solutions
It’s that time again! The Ides of April approacheth. Time to pay the piper, render under Caesar what is Caesar’s, and pay your dues, for there is nothing sure in the world save death and our topic for the day. Yes, that’s right: It’s officially tax season yet again. RUDE....
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Published on: 2025-02-20
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Bitches Get Riches
If you’re thinking about buying or selling a house right now, you’re not alone. The housing market has seen a lot of unusual trends in the past couple years, so it makes sense that you’d want the latest update on what’ll happen in the market before you decide to buy...
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Published on: 2025-02-13
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Ramsey Solutions