Vacation challenge

March 27, 2012

I am headed to Chile in about a month to hike with my friend. We are going on a guided trip and we chose the trip because it would be a challenge and it was in a part of the world that we had not been before. The trip is a week long and offers [...]

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Finances Update

March 26, 2012

I havent really been sure how to write this because I didnt want to bore you all, but H and I put an offer in on a house.  Our offer was accepted, and we will be moving sometime in may – not too sure of the dates yet, but  I talked to our landlord and [...]

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E-Scrap: A Growing Environmental Problem

March 24, 2012

I’ve had my current cell-phone for two and a half years (it may be time for a self upgrade on android). It’s one of the first Android models, the G1. I love this phone. It has a convenient keyboard, I get service everywhere I go, and best of all… it has internet! Okay, you caught [...]

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The ABCs of Sustainability

March 23, 2012

Just like everyone, I have trouble remembering all of the things that I can do in my day-to-day life that will help me become a more sustainable person (and help me save money or get healthier).  To help me out, I developed this post – sustainability from A to Z.  Here you’ll find tips beginning [...]

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Weekly Links: Stumble Edition

March 22, 2012

These last 7 days have been pretty rough on my running schedule.  Usually, my days to run are tuesday, wednesday, thursday and saturday, with the longest run of the week on saturday, a 4 mile run on tue/thur and a 7 mile run on wednesday.  Of course, last wednesday I was traveling down to new [...]

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Sustainabiliy v Minimalist life

March 21, 2012

The tenets of sustainability series is off this week – it will be back next week. A while ago, this was mentioned on a post on the simple dollar (you can read it here).  As he points out, sometimes frugality can cross into hoarding, and occasionally it does. In my own life, I try to [...]

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New Financial Management System

March 19, 2012

For the past year or so, I’ve been using a financial management strategy that is different that what I’ve been doing at any point previously, and it’s also different than anything that H does with her finances as well.  Personally, I have had a pretty high amount of success with this strategy, and I’d like [...]

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What you need to Know about Paper Statements

March 17, 2012

As you probably know by now, many companies are moving away from paper statements. Instead, they want people to use the internet. From banks to mortgage companies to utility providers, many are realizing that paper statements are a thing of the past. There are many reasons why companies are doing away with paper statements. In [...]

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Got Old Wood?

March 16, 2012

Like I’ve been saying before on the site, I think it’s time for H and I to start a garden (practice what you preach and all of that).  So, for the last 2 or so months, I’ve been figuring out how to do that as green as possible.  After getting the book Building with Second [...]

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Weekly Links: Tourney Edition

March 15, 2012

Well, March is finally here.  With it it brings warmer weather, and basketball.  Right now, I’m on my way down to Albuquerque, NM to go see some college basketball at the Pit.  I have been wanting to do this for about 8 years, so I’m really excited to go.  I was happy to go no [...]

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