Water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. That’s how my wife and I felt when we first moved back to my hometown. Our rental house was right across the street from a creek which runs through town. A stinky, smelly, slimy creek. I don’t know if it was in our heads or if it was actually the case, but we could’ve swore the tap water tasted funny. We also thought it was stinky, smelly, and slimy. Which was too bad because we had recently became big time water drinkers. The tap water in Minneapolis was pretty good, but [...]
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Last weekend we got back from a 4 day 3 night tent camping trip where it rained for hours on two of the four days. Actually the trip was supposed to be 5 days 4 nights, but we decided to forgo the first day due to heavy rain and tornadoes that hit Northeast Pennsylvania. Despite the weather the trip was a blast and we wished it was longer! I have talked about how inexpensive it is to go tent camping before and this time was no different. My estimate of about $60-$70 a day for our family of 4 was [...]
Read MoreI love my library! I know, I know…I already wrote this post a few months ago. But indulge me. The reason for my outburst is that my town is looking at replacing our library. A few days ago they held a meeting to gather input in what we citizens would like in a new library. Me and a bunch of old ladies showed up. I was relieved that they all had a wonderful ideas (meaning they wanted the same things that I did). Part of me was worried that the general public would think that the library’s time has passed. [...]
Read MoreIf you were wondering when the New Jersey(NJ) 2008 Homestead Rebate application is due or if you are eligible for the property tax rebate you came to the right place. The deadline for filling the NJ Homestead rebate is September 1st 2009. The application packets were mailed the week of July 27th and everyone should have them by August 11th. For those that didn’t receive a packet then go to How To File Section for more information. The easiest way to file is to use the NJ Homestead web filing application. You will not need any other information than your [...]
Read MoreWas your July as hectic as ours? My wife shot three weddings, I was in two tennis tournaments, and we had a big 4th of July weekend too. Uffda, no wonder we’re so tired. For any new readers just joining us, I track my family’s monthly expenses. Below is the tally for July 2009: $840.39 – Mortgage $759.20 – Health Insurance $407.58 – Groceries $177.00 – Babysitting $166.71 – Gas $125.99 – Tennis $125.00 – Student Loan $121.53 – Electricity $107.67 – Dinning Out $86.80** – Daycare $69.66 – Internet & Phone $60.41 – Dog $58.62 – Water, Sewer, [...]
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