sandhillsis on May 22nd, 2010

 
Crap on a stick! I just realize at 38 I’m grown up. I’ve gone from being carefree and silly all the time to mostly serious, thoughtful and (dare I say it?) almost responsible. Ugh. My evil twin, SINthia, calls it straight-up boring. Carefree rip anyway… She gets everything she wants. Which is where my current, [...]

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sandhillsis on December 16th, 2009

 
If you are like 75-80% of Americans or the Jones, you live paycheck to paycheck  and haven’t saved for a rainy day or invested for retirement. The top two reasons you haven’t is sitting in your driveway, in your stomach (or on your hips) in the form of eating out.
That was certainly our reality a few years [...]

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sandhillsis on October 1st, 2009

 
(Thanks to BlogHer PicApp for sharing this photo.)

Growing up an American, in a family that lived at poverty level has had quite an affect on me. I’ve learned a lot from my parents about money. My Dad, was a cowboy and didn’t ever make much more than typical cowboy wages. A dollar a day, beans [...]

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sandhillsis on June 8th, 2009

 
Don’t tell Dave Ramsey, but, we just got back from an awesome Black Hills South Dakota vacation.
Actually, you can tell him that. While your gossiping, tell him since we don’t have credit cards, we paid cash for the whole thing AND had $150 left over.
What you can’t tell him is, most of our emergency fund was [...]

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