Category: the Compact
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When I Was 37, It Was a Very Good Year
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The Nonconsumer Christmas
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No-Spend September; Out-of-Pocket October
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I Think I’m Alone Now
It’s 12:30 pm. I am sitting on my front porch with a cold glass of iced tea-lemonade and a magazine. The weather is gorgeous. All of my kids are off at the pool with the sitter until 4 pm. The quiet of Vermont has made me more aware of noises like construction off in the distance, cars…
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It’s Time I Got Back
It’s almost September, summer is more or less over for me, and it’s time to get back to reality and stop living in vacationland. This means: Tracking the budget. I just went back and finished out July’s, and I was a little bit ahead, on top of the money that was automatically transferred to savings.…
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Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Lose
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Yard Sales and Birthday Fun


