March 2010

Should I Put My Emergency Fund into a Roth IRA?

Today our Emergency Fund sits in a regular savings account earning a less than impressive 0.20% interest rate. This is a temporary solution as I look at the best way to give us easy access to our funds if we need them. The original plan was to place our Emergency Fund into the highest yielding [...]

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Save Time and Money with Batch Cooking

I love to cook, but there are some days when it sounds like the most tedious task in the world. That’s when I walk over to my freezer and survey the goods. Do I feel like Pasta? Pizza? Chicken and Dumplings? Chili? Thanks to Batch Cooking these are all options, saving me time and also [...]

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Can You Really Make Money Taking Online Surveys?

That’s what I wanted to know. If you’ve ever read an article on “How to Make Extra Money” or “How to Make Money from Home”, you’ve inevitably seen taking online surveys listed as a viable option. I read one such article last year and decided to give it a try. After all, it wouldn’t cost [...]

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Net Worth and Goals: February 2010 – Up 2.8% and Revising Goals

Each month I provide an update on how we’re tracking toward our goals. I break it down between Net Worth and Goals for the year. Net Worth: The market cooperated with us this month and we saw a nice boost to our 401K. That combined with Mr. Frugal’s yearly bonus gave us a 2.8% increase [...]

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