Pecuniarities

The topic for this month’s PF Bloggers Group Writing Project, “Poorest Time of Your Life” which was decided about 5 months ago, comes at a somewhat inopportune time. When our group picked out these topics, whoever it was that suggested this topic must have thought that we must all be in a position where the [...]

We received the following letter from our County Assessor-Recorder the day before yesterday. At first I was afraid to open it, thinking it was bad news. Well, it did turn out to be bad news … but with every cloud comes a silver lining…
Dear Taxpayer:
As a result of the decline in value of the local [...]

Being considerate of businesses’ operating costs can potentially save you money.

As most of you must know, the California wildfires have been getting worse with each passing year. According to Peter Sanders of the Wall Street Journal, fire season has barely begun, but in the past 3 weeks, the fires have consumed 631,000 acres of and $112 million in State funds. In the past 12 months, [...]

Just a reminder for our American readers that new and increased USPS (United States Postal Service) postage rates take effect this coming Monday May 12th, 2008. If you are planning to ship any packages via USPS, now is the time to do so – today Friday May 9th or tomorrow Saturday May 10th – especially [...]

OK, this will be a quick one as I am so hot right now — 100 degrees at 9PM! — that I’m surprised I’m even managing to do this roundup. But being the leader of Pecuniary Associates, I must set an example and do my roundups on time.
From Pecuniary Associates

Living Well On Less [...]

Due to issues with our wireless router, I am currently in the market for a lengthy and affordable ethernet cable so that I can work online on a laptop while Madoline does her artwork (as can be seen in our CafePress Shop) on our desktop computer.
Prior to leaving to run errands today, I checked Amazon.com’s [...]