On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that putting sanctions on Russian oil is “the biggest pressure you can put on them.” And putting these sanctions in place is “a very real The post Energy Sec’y: Sanctioning Russian Oil ‘Biggest Pressure You...
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Published on: 2025-07-22
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Breitbart
This is part 6 of where the house proceeds were spent and accounts for the bulk of the money. This is the BIG SPEND – my credit card debt! I was pretty close to spot on when I made the plan. Although I didn’t realize that even if you pay...
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Published on: 2025-07-13
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Blogging Away Debt
This is part 5 of my July series: How I Spent the House Proceeds. As you all may remember last December I signed up for physical and dental insurance that began January 1 of this year. This coverage includes my two youngest children as well. The health insurance has been...
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Published on: 2025-07-11
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Blogging Away Debt
This is part 4 of my How I Spent the House Proceeds series. You can find the previous parts in the previous posts. Within a week of my arrival in Texas, my computer broke. I spent a week limping through work and trying to find somewhere to fix it. But...
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Published on: 2025-07-09
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Blogging Away Debt
This is part 3 in my July series: How I spent the house proceeds. You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here. I paid the 6 month premium on my (and Princess’) auto insurance and the next quarterly payment of my life insurance policy. Auto insurance for 2...
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Published on: 2025-07-07
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Blogging Away Debt
Over the month of July I plan to layout where the house proceeds went…this is part 1. Leading up the sale of the house, I was preparing for my move to Texas. That meant a major house purge, lots of things to donation, storage, and the trash. But it also...
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Published on: 2025-07-03
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Blogging Away Debt
I return to Texas within the week. Caring for my daughter and her fiance has been a very different experience then caring for my parents. Aging is place seems like a buzzword. But as I get more and more familiar with the care available (or not available/accessible in many cases)...
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Published on: 2025-07-01
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Blogging Away Debt
My focus is split – student loans and savings. I just updated you on my debt load after payments made this month. Now it’s time for a savings update. I currently have a total of $6,249 in my personal savings accounts. $807 is in my long standing personal savings account....
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Published on: 2025-06-25
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Blogging Away Debt
The Amazon account has been closed. The Frontier account has been closed. Money has been added to my Ally savings account. And I was able to pay a bit more toward my students loan this month. Current Debt Debt DescriptionOctober, 2023 TotalInterest RateMinimum PaymentCurrent Total Payoff Date (Est) Student Loans$22,1212.875%$307$20,891...
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Published on: 2025-06-24
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Blogging Away Debt
I shared sometime last summer/fall that my audiologist felt that I needed new hearing aids. My hearing had significantly degraded in the last 3 years, and my current hearing aids just weren’t cutting it any longer. I knew my hearing had gotten worse. Even with my hearing aids in, day...
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Published on: 2025-06-13
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Blogging Away Debt
Back in the Before Times, we published an article titled Ethical Consumption: How to Pollute the Planet and Exploit Labor Slightly Less. Since then, times have, uh… changed! Because tariffs! And while much of our advice on ethical consumption still holds true, today I’m going to be revisiting that advice....
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Published on: 2025-06-12
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Bitches Get Riches
It’s the easiest budget category to bust: the grocery budget. One of my best money-saving tips is to shop at Aldi. I love Aldi! But Walmart is also known for low prices and their store-brand savings. Is Aldi cheaper than Walmart? I wanted to know where you’ll truly save the...
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Published on: 2025-05-28
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Ramsey Solutions
It’s the dreaded B-word—budgeting. Unfortunately, the word budget has gotten a bad rap. But when it all boils down, a budget is just a plan for your money. And no matter what you’ve heard or thought about budgeting in the past, hear this: A budget doesn’t limit your freedom—it gives you freedom! It’s literally you taking control,...
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Published on: 2025-05-27
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Ramsey Solutions
So, you want to start budgeting, or you want to budget better than you ever have before. You don’t want random numbers on a spreadsheet—you want a plan for your spending that you can actually stick to so you can take control of your money for real. First of all,...
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Published on: 2025-05-20
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Ramsey Solutions
Want to keep more of your hard-earned cash? Try keeping your money in cash envelopes. Ramsey's cash envelope system is nothing new—it’s been around for decades. But some people still don’t know exactly how or why it works. Let me show you! (And if you hang with me until the...
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Published on: 2025-04-29
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Ramsey Solutions
If you want to reach a savings goal, pay more toward your student loans, or just add some breathing room to your budget (thanks, inflation), side hustles are a great way to make more money. This list is your inspiration for what kind of side hustle(s) you can take on to make more...
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Published on: 2025-04-24
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Ramsey Solutions
If you’re in the market for a budgeting method that’s the best for your money, might we suggest the zero-based budget? (We might. We will.) But what makes it the best? And how do you make (and keep) a zero-based budget? Let’s answer all that. Right now. What Is Zero-Based Budgeting?...
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Published on: 2025-04-11
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Ramsey Solutions
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
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