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My First Raised Bed Garden – Getting Ready

I am in the process of building my first raised bed vegetable garden.  One of my goals for 2011 is to eat fresh foods – especially fresh fruits and vegetables.  I am in the alpha-stage of planning the garden, and I thought it might be beneficial to track my progress, from start to (hopefully successful) finish. I plan to grow…

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Debt Free, Noted

Debt Reduction Success With The Happy Rock

I recently conducted an email interview with one of my fellow personal finance writers, Frank from over at The Happy Rock.  Frank has written about his own debt reduction success, having paid off $70,000 in four years! Here’s my favorite snippet from his post- We watched our spending, trimmed our expenses, and put every extra penny towards debt. We learned…

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Debt Free, Resources

Inspiration To Get Out Of Debt

The following resources both inspired me to get out of consumer-debt and keep me motivated as I strive to pay off my mortgage.  Check out- Financial Calculators – A random search of the Internet lead me these debt calculators from over at Dinkytown.  Once I plugged in my own credit card debt and automobile debt, and ran the calculations for…

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