Dianne Nahirny wrote Stop Working... Start Living - How I Retired at the Age of 36 Without Winning the Lottery almost 10 years ago. I read it shortly after it was published and it was both educational and an inspiration for me. Since I was over the cutoff age of 36 ...
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Mel Gibson Blows It (Money, that is)
Due to being out of town and busy with other stuff, I came late to the Mel Gibson party. I’ve listened to all the tapes, been as creeped out as anyone at how different he seems from What Women Want. But what shocked me more than anything in the Mel Gibson meltdown saga was the ...
Optimism, Pessimism and Realism
About two hundred years ago, one of the pioneers of modern economics - Adam Smith, wrote the following: “The over-weaning conceit which the greater part of man have of their own abilities, is an ancient evil remarked by the philosophers and moralists of all ages. Their absurd presumption in their own ...
Your Mother and Father’s Keeper?
What would you do if your parents were broke or in debt and unable to work? Would you take care of them? Would you pay off their debts?Fortunately this isn’t an issue for me since my dad may be 90 years old but makes every frugal person or blogger I know look like complete wastrel ...
Catfight finale! And I am NOT the Biggest Loser
Oh the shame! To lose the title of Queen of Frugality to… Barb Friedberg! Oh right. I never really was the “official” Queen of Frugality, just freaking poor and stupid. The month of June was a semi-frugal one here in the Single Mom household thanks to the frugal fight ...
Food – Cheap AND Healthy
Grocery costs are one area in the budget that’s highly variable that many people don’t see as being something they really can or should lower costs on.On a monthly basis, the USDA puts out a pretty thorough summary of costs for individuals broken out into categories of thrifty, low cost, moderate and liberal ...
Fast or slow – your own speed
I was never very patient for results. Inside me there’s a little toddler that screams “I want it and I want it NOW!” That kind of mentality is what got me into debt in the first place, but it’s what got me out of debt and into retirement quickly too. The “deferred life ...
