<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Money @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Money) </description><copyright>Copyright 2009 grerp.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:42:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Money @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Can&apos;t figure out how to best screw over my credit card company</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/cant_figure_out_how_to_best_screw_over_my_credit_card_compa.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/cant_figure_out_how_to_best_screw_over_my_credit_card_compa.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cant%5Ffigure%5Fout%5Fhow%5Fto%5Fbest%5Fscrew%5Fover%5Fmy%5Fcredit%5Fcard%5Fcompa</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So.&nbsp; This  is going on all over. I just checked my credit card (my 1 credit card that I&#39;ve had for 20 years and has been owned and bought out and owned and bought out by about 6 banks and is now owned by one of the biggies that got TARP mone]]></description></item><item><title>Not calling it a recession anymore</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/not_calling_it_a_recession_anymore.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/not_calling_it_a_recession_anymore.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=not%5Fcalling%5Fit%5Fa%5Frecession%5Fanymore</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Okay, so I spent the summer trying to keep Max entertained, gardening, canning, listening to the Harry Potter series on audio, and obsessively reading everything I can about this economic downturn.&nbsp; This last one is an illness, I know.&nbsp; But]]></description><category>great</category><category>recession</category><category>depression</category><category>economy</category><category>money</category></item><item><title>Fixed my own faucet</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/fixed_my_own_faucet_1.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/fixed_my_own_faucet_1.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fixed%5Fmy%5Fown%5Ffaucet%5F1</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[J. says I should blog about this because I was so stoked at my success in fixing my own ball joint faucet.&nbsp; Saturday, I was cleaning up after cooking lunch and I noticed that the hot water was no longer coming out.&nbsp; At all.&nbsp; Since I sp]]></description></item><item><title>Could you live on $176 per month for groceries?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/living_on_176_per_month.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/living_on_176_per_month.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=living%5Fon%5F176%5Fper%5Fmonth</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;After hearing a rumor that 60% of Americans are struggling to put food on the table, I happened to see this video on CNN.&nbsp; The correspondant, Sean Callebs was challenged to live on the food stamp allowance for a month, which for a single p]]></description><category>pantries</category><category>pantry shopping</category><category>thrift</category><category>freezing</category><category>food storage</category><category>great recession</category></item><item><title>Making up my garage sale list</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/making_up_my_garage_sale_list.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/making_up_my_garage_sale_list.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=making%5Fup%5Fmy%5Fgarage%5Fsale%5Flist</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I have a feeling this is going to be the season for garage sale deals.&nbsp;&nbsp; With the economy tanking, people are going to want to buy and sell stuff to make and save money.&nbsp; I&#39;m planning on holding one to get rid of all the baby stuff]]></description><category>garage sales</category><category>thrift</category><category>great recession</category></item><item><title>Renewed the blog (for another year)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/renewed_the_blog_for_another_year.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/renewed_the_blog_for_another_year.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:48:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=renewed%5Fthe%5Fblog%5Ffor%5Fanother%5Fyear</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Money is tight this month at Chez Potter.&nbsp; I put a lot of money into the 1997 Escort last week to keep it running, and the homeowner&#39;s insurance ($743) is also due.&nbsp; Max&#39;s school registration, along with $75, has to be paid by the 1]]></description><category>great recession</category><category>thrift</category></item><item><title>Ugh.  Money, money, money.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/ugh__money_money_money.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/ugh__money_money_money.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ugh%5F%5Fmoney%5Fmoney%5Fmoney</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So the 1997 Saturn died.&nbsp; At 100,000 miles.&nbsp; It was my goal to drive it into the ground, but I didn&#39;t think that would happen so literally or that it would be at 100K.&nbsp; Wednesday, fresh from picking Max up from school, my car died]]></description></item><item><title>Not rich yet, but...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/not_rich_yet.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/not_rich_yet.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=not%5Frich%5Fyet</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been monitoring the Save $1,000 in 30 Days Challenge at iwillteachyoutoberich.com.&nbsp; So far there are 8 tips:Tip #1: Pack lunches for the rest of the week Tip #2: Turn your thermostat down 3 degrees Tip #3: Sell something on eBay today T]]></description><category>saving money</category><category>thrift</category></item><item><title>Not eating out: the experiment</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/not_eating_out_the_experiment.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/not_eating_out_the_experiment.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=not%5Feating%5Fout%5Fthe%5Fexperiment</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So this week, it was all homemade eating Chez Potter.&nbsp; I&#39;ve blogged about this before, but somehow this month, realizing that it had been a year since we paid off our mortgage  and calculating that, despite this, we were no further ahead fin]]></description><category>thrift</category><category>home cooking</category></item><item><title>Dog roller coaster</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/dog_roller_coaster.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/dog_roller_coaster.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dog%5Froller%5Fcoaster</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So yesterday after Milo recovered from his surgery, I watched him like a hawk.&nbsp; I slept next to him to make sure he was breathing, and checked his stitches rather obsessively.&nbsp; I was on him like white on rice, and each and every time I caug]]></description><category>dogs</category><category>surgery</category><category>stitches</category><category>elizabethan collar</category></item><item><title>$507.14 later...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/50714_later.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/50714_later.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=50714%5Flater</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[...and we have Milo back from the Animal Emergency Hospital all stitched up.&nbsp; Today he decided he had to meet and greet with our neighbor dog, Spencer, who was sitting peacefully on the other side of our chain link fence, so he climbed said fenc]]></description><category>dogs</category><category>lacerations</category><category>injuries</category><category>stitches</category></item><item><title>Spending Uncle George&apos;s bequest</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/spending_uncle_georges_bequest.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/spending_uncle_georges_bequest.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=spending%5Funcle%5Fgeorges%5Fbequest</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here is where our tax refund is going.]]></description></item><item><title>I never learn</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/i_never_learn.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/i_never_learn.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=i%5Fnever%5Flearn</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Okay, I don&#39;t really buy books new all that often.&nbsp; I don&#39;t really have the expendable income for mass purchasing, but I also don&#39;t have the shelf room.&nbsp; I book I keep is a book I really enjoyed and think I will want to read aga]]></description></item><item><title>This Consumer Reports: Hoover Windtunnel Deluxe</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/this_consumer_reports_hoover_windtunnel_deluxe.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/this_consumer_reports_hoover_windtunnel_deluxe.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 01:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=this%5Fconsumer%5Freports%5Fhoover%5Fwindtunnel%5Fdeluxe</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This month, the month I paid for our new windows, Max&#39;s school tuition, and our final house payment, was the month our vacuum also decided to suck in its last breath of dog hair and dirt and die.&nbsp; It was a Hoover Windtunnel Deluxe, and only]]></description></item><item><title>Milestone Day</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/milestone_day.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/milestone_day.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=milestone%5Fday</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today J. and I hit a major financial milestone.&nbsp; We&#39;ve been working toward this for a long time, almost 9 years - saving, scrimping, making double payments, throwing any tax refund money towards it.&nbsp; I don&#39;t want to come right out a]]></description></item><item><title>Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit, and the Era of Predatory Lenders by James D. Scurlock</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/maxed_out.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/maxed_out.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 02:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=maxed%5Fout</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Review of Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit, and the Era of Predatory Lenders by James D. Scurlock]]></description><category>books</category><category>credit cards</category><category>predatory lending</category><category>nonfiction</category></item><item><title>Garage sale, day two</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/garage_sale_day_two.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/garage_sale_day_two.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 01:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=garage%5Fsale%5Fday%5Ftwo</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well, today was a bit of a bust, money-wise, but much more fun socially.&nbsp; We only made about $30 more, which, in addition to yesterday&#39;s take - falsely calculated at $240, but added again to $226 - took us to a $256 total.&nbsp; $30 hardly s]]></description><category>garage sales</category></item><item><title>The send-Max-to-Preschool garage sale</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_sendmaxtopreschool_garage_sale.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_sendmaxtopreschool_garage_sale.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2007 01:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fsendmaxtopreschool%5Fgarage%5Fsale</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So today was my first garage sale - the first one I&#39;ve ever held, at least.&nbsp; Boy, it was a lot of work.&nbsp; The sorting, the marking, the getting up and hauling, the organizing, the clean up.&nbsp; Whew!&nbsp; I&#39;m tired tonight.&nbsp;]]></description><category>garage sales</category><category>single income families</category></item><item><title>Gas lows</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/gas_lows.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/gas_lows.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=gas%5Flows</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[According to grandrapidsgasprices.com , the price of gas in our area has dropped to $1.87/gallon!&nbsp; It&#39;s almost surreal to see that 1 at the beginning of the price; here in Michigan we&#39;ve seen 3 a lot more often than 1 in the past couple]]></description></item><item><title>Home improvement</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/home_improvement_1.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/home_improvement_1.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2006 03:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=home%5Fimprovement%5F1</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It&#39;s been a sawdusty week here at Chez P, metaphorically, at least.&nbsp; J. has been putting in our new Pella windows (and thank God for those - I HATED our old windows; they were leaky and never looked clean, even after you&#39;d killed two who]]></description></item></channel></rss>