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Musings on Snow Removal

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Free Money Finance had a pretty interesting article breaking down the economics of snow removal. I know a lot of you chuckle when I mention our snow amounts. Trust me, this time of year I am about ready to have some 60 or 70 degree weather 🙂

Last year, I was very tempted to buy a snow blower. We didn’t end up getting one. A snow blower would have come in handy this year. We have already received over 200 inches!

We’ve thought about hiring someone to plow our driveway but in the end we decided against it. We’ve also thought about getting a front end loader to come out to remove some of the huge snowpiles. But again we decided against it. Both of those options cost money that could be put towards our debt reduction.

It’s snow. It will melt in a few months. It’s a little inconvenient because we have no yard and we sometimes feel trapped because we are surrounded by snow. But we’ve survived over 8 winters with only our shovels so what’s another year.

Once our debt is paid off, maybe then we’ll think about getting one 🙂

Bad Habits & Bad Debt, Celebrating One Year, Job Searching and Simplifying Finances

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Oh boy. I think I’m paying for it today for my wonderful day yesterday. Perhaps I did too much too soon after being sick, because today I feel like I tank has run over me. Thankfully I was able to rest for a few extra hours and even my cat layed slept by my side the entire time. My cat is usually not one to do that. It makes you wonder what animals are thinking sometimes.

As for me, the rest wasn’t all that restful. I kept waking up and I was dreaming of a project I’m working on going haywire at work. It almost makes me wonder what lies there for me tomorrow morning. As suspected, I was running a fever and I always have some horrible dreams when I have a fever.

I hope I feel better tomorrow. As horrible as I feel right now…it was worth it for yesterday 🙂

I am a little late in sharing some articles that caught my eye this week. Being sick has put me a bit behind with everything.

Cody shares that bad habits = bad debt. I’d have to agree.

JW celebrates one year of paying off their debt. Congrats, JW! I know you wanted it all paid off by this time, but you guys are doing awesome!!

For those in the job market, you may want to check out Matt’s ongoing series about job searching.

Lastly, Jim has an article on simplifying your personal finances. I’m thinking of doing this shortly by closing some of our credit cards.