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[17 Dec 2008 | Comments Off | ]

New Year is just a few days ago and resolutions must be made. 2008 was a tough year when talking about money and 2009 is expected to be worse. Spending less money is one of the main objectives of my family. The mortgage is something we can’t control so we have to take a close look…

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[13 Nov 2008 | Comments Off | ]

While I was Stumbling Upon I found a site with a Stay At Home Calculator. If you are a full time worker thinking about being a Stay at Home use this calculator to check if you can afford it. Well, I would have to have more extra income to be a Stay At Home…

Blogging, Daily Life, Family Matters, Finances »

[11 Nov 2008 | No Comment | ]

I’ve been giving a lot of thought about my job. I’m really getting nuts with it, the people, the environment; I’m really psychologically affected by all this. We need two salaries but lately I’ve been making a lot of sums to see if it would be possible to be without a job for a few months…

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[27 Jun 2008 | No Comment | ]

My car needed some new parts, it failed in the annual inspection so we had to fix it. 380 Euros (+/-590 US$) was the bill and it only included the price of the parts, the handwork was for free.

Well…I guess I need a drink. See you…

Blogging, Finances »

[28 May 2008 | One Comment | ]

I write posts because I love to write about my daily life as well as about products and services that can be useful to my readers. The interesting thing is that each day more and more advertising companies are willing to pay me to write about those products and services. Great isn’t it? Bloggerwave is one…

Daily Life, Finances, Just to say... »

[4 May 2008 | No Comment | ]

Sometimes there are good news, fortunately, and regarding my old car issue it seems that my mechanic who happens to be my FIL can fix it. We have 5 more months to decide what we are going to do regarding buying a new car. We hope to get it fixed next week and I hope…

Family Matters, Finances »

[1 May 2008 | One Comment | ]

On one of my previous posts I mentioned the fact that I did not expect extra bills from May, then I posted about my teeth and the extra bills that were coming ahead. Now, my husband’s car broke yesterday and once it is veeryyyy old probably it can’t be fixed. We don’t know how we are…

Finances, Health »

[29 Apr 2008 | No Comment | ]

On Sunday my tooth situation got worse and I was able to get an emergency appointment with at the dentist clinic. The broken piece of my tooth was removed and I was told that the tooth broke already in the root, meaning, probably I’ll have to remove the tooth. I’ve got an appointment for tomorrow and…

Daily Life, Finances, Parenting »

[9 Apr 2008 | 4 Comments | ]

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I’m having a little trouble in controlling my son’s cell phone money. When he has money to spend he sends messages to his friends especially to his girlfriend. Even being both at school, (of course they don’t date, they’re 9 and 10 years old) and they even barely talk so they…

Finances, Parenting »

[18 Feb 2008 | 15 Comments | ]

Saturday my son received his birthday present (a little late but worth waiting for) from his grandmother and grandfather (my in laws). It was money and together with the money he already had on his piggy he discovered that he could buy what he has been asking for for a long time, and we have been…

Family Matters, Finances »

[26 Jan 2008 | One Comment | ]

My son’s birthday is next week and I pop up the question: What do you want has a birthday present? The answer: Ratatoulli PS2 game and go to Disney World. For those living in Europe, like we do, going to Disney World in Orlando – Florida is only in dreams.

I made that comment with my…

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[24 Jan 2008 | No Comment | ]

My dream is to have my own business, the problem is the initial investment we have to make and the risk of failure. Yes, I’m not a very optimistic person and I always think more about the “no” things than the “yes” things.

Some months ago I started making decoupage, for those who don’t know what…