Tool Lending
Via unconsumption: “The Northeast Portland Tool Library is a non profit lending library of tools located at NE 20th and Killingsworth Sreet. Open on Saturdays and Wednesdays, the checkout of the tools is free; it works just like a lending library for books. It began a year ago with 100 members and has now exceeded […]
The Basics Behind a Budget That Works
Link: The Basics Behind a Budget That Works If Real Simple weren’t so focused on getting you to buy stuff to make your life simpler (?!), it might come close to being as good as Simple Mom. If that last sentence didn’t make sense (I’m only one coffee into the morning), let me rephrase it: […]
You have enough.
You have enough. From Derek Sivers: Companies spend a fortune begging you to want their stuff. I won’t add to that noise. Retail therapy is the worst kind. I’d like to get 100 parrots and teach them to say “It won’t make you happy!” — then let them loose in shopping malls, big electronics stores, […]
Great, great, great post from Rachel, at Small Notebook:
Great, great, great post from Rachel, at Small Notebook: How to Move in 6 Weeks or 6 Days, and Keep Your Sanity. This is something Sarah and I especially need right now, as we’re going to be moving in … oh … 3 weeks, and the urgency of that hasn’t yet hit me. Thanks to […]
Great PearBudget recommendation from Kirsty
Had a great recommendation from Kirsty, at Momedy, in her post Easy Peasy Money Management. She described PearBudget as “incredibly intuitive, non-intimidating, friendly and easy.” Thanks for the recommendation, Kirsty!
Preparing Your Information for Disaster
Preparing Your Information for Disaster Trent has, as usual, a terrific post on how to prepare a binder of key information for your family. I’d strongly encourage you to read it, and to put it into practice. In fact, I’m going to need an accountability partner to make our own family’s binder. Let’s do it […]
5 Ways to Dramatically Improve Your Finances, Beginning Now
5 Ways to Dramatically Improve Your Finances, Beginning Now A good post on Simple Mom, with a high-level overview of things you can do to get your financial house in order. The only place where I (personally) diverge from the author is that Sarah and I aren’t on the “all cash” team, as we find […]
Great Book
10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget, from the writers of Wise Bread
An interesting post over at Get Rich Slowly
An interesting post over at Get Rich Slowly: How to Create Your Own Target-Date Mutual Fund. I’m not totally convinced that the author’s grocery store metaphor is apt, but I think his point warrants thinking about: When you allow an investment firm to bundle up a package of stocks and bonds that you buy, there’s […]
4 Habits for Saving Money on Routine Family Medical Care
4 Habits for Saving Money on Routine Family Medical Care | Frugal Dad