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An Explanation For the Lack of Posts

To those of you reading this, thanks. It is so very appreciated. Been kind of having a rough week, Dad-related, but please keep checking this blog. I hope to be posting regularly again soon. Thanks for understanding!

The Old Long Lost Relative Fantasy

First off, Happy 2008. Best wishes to you in the year ahead, financially and otherwise. I stumbled across a little blurb in a woman's magazine that fed my whole long lost rich relative fantasy. You know the one, where you find out some relative you barely remember...

Do You Cost? Determining Net Worth

I was surfing the New York Times web site and happened upon their personal finance calculators. Now I love online calculators because they give you fun figures and you have to do a minimal amount of work. The first calculator I used determines how wealthy you are...

Free Music and Movies

I know, I put the word "free" in there to get your attention. But it is true. I just found out that our library has CDs (and I already knew about movies) that you can take out for free for a couple of weeks at a time. While what our library had wasn't...

New Year, New You

I don’t know if it’s the New Year approaching or the fact that new cameras and old friends seem to be out and about a lot more this month but something about December makes me long for some kind of change. It’s easy to get in a rut. So what’s a girl (or guy) on a...

Making Money Blogging… Some Ideas

I told myself I would never blog about blogging. It just seemed like a kind of odd thing to do. But here I am…

So I think it’s clear that I like to write. Always have, always will. I’m trying to figure out if blogging will actually ever make me money. Before I think about making money off Google Adsense or my own ads or endorsements, I need to build some credibility. And I need more people to come to this site.

To drive up traffic, I’ve 1) added this blog to blog directories (see my list of links on the side of the page). Have a forgotten one? Let me know. I’m going to track my stats and see which blog directories are driving the most traffic my way. I’ll let you know.

I have also 2) emailed and told people about this blog. Some of my friends love it and tell me, and some just read it, both of which I totally appreciate.

I am taking a next step 3) learning how to market my blog. There are some great tips on this web site.

I am hopeful that all three of these things will drive up traffic on my little blog. Anyone else have other ideas they’ve tried or know about?

The Credit Reports Are In…

Remember waaay back when I ordered my credit reports? Well, I have them all in and have gone through them with a fine toothed comb. It shows every credit inquiry and account opened (because who hasn’t opened a Filene’s card to get 10% off?). By the way, going through them doesn’t take long. They are surprisingly readable. It only took me long because it’s been a crazy fall for me. . .

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