Pecuniarities

As kids, Madoline and I loved playing Monopoly. We enjoyed accumulating property, building hotels and watching the money roll in. We used to play to the extent of having to use calculators to keep track of our individual wealth after exhausting the bank’s supply of cash. When our cousin Mabel arrived in April for her [...]

We would like to thank the following Blog Carnivals for featuring our posts. (This list will be updated to include future inclusions for the month of May 2008.) Descending chronologically by inclusion date May 27, 2008 And the Beat Goes On: 127th Festival of Frugality Article: Some of the Many Uses for Vinegar around the [...]

While gifts are a great way to show that you care, an important thing to keep in mind is that most mothers and grandmothers would probably prefer to spend quality time with their families on Mother’s Day rather than receive a fancy and expensive gift. The most frugal and meaningful gift would therefore be a [...]

If you make money working on your own, such as blogging with Google AdSense, Amazon Associates, etc., you will very likely have received a Form 1099-MISC for miscellaneous income by the beginning of February. And you will need to file and pay self-employment tax. The first year I had to file self-employment tax, I was [...]