Aug 31
Here is a big fat juicy hamburger! Summer is coming to a end. This weekend is Labor day and what a fun way to close the summer with a Juicy fat burger on the grill. Depending on how many hamburgers you are making you will want 2 to 3 lbs of hamburger with a big …
Aug 31
Let’s watch and see how these reports affect the market. Friday we will review what happened! Tuesday : S&P Case-Shiller HPI Chicago PMI Consumer Confidence Wednesday : ADP Employment Report ISM Manufacturing (Probably the most important) Construction Spending Thursday : Jobless Claims Pending Home Sales Productivity and Costs Firday : Employment Situation ISM Non-Manufacturing Share …
Aug 30
Getting out of debt is not easy, but you also have to remember that you did not get into debt overnight. Getting into debt is really easy to do, because we are in the need it now and pay later mind frame. As you are working on getting out of debt it is really important …
Aug 29
This week has been an interesting week. My husbands birthday was Monday, so Scott and the kids went and had dinner at his parents house. My son A.J. got him a cheesecake, which is Scott’s favorite desert. I had to work so I did not attend the party. They had a baroque and he brought …
Aug 27
On 8/24/2010, the government released the data on existing home sales. Existing home sales fell 27.2% Median home price rose .07% to $182.600 Previously owned homes on the market rose 2.5 % to 3.98 Million. So what does all this mean? There is a 12.5 month supply of unsold homes on the market, which this …
Aug 27
For the week ending August 27 the DOW was down 3 days and up two. The market dipped below 10 thousand but on Friday with the GDP report it ended up and closed at 10151.18. For the week we were only down by 19.64 points which is really good with all the bad news that …
Aug 26
As you can see my garden is growing and producing. Since I started showing my garden I have picked enough cucumbers to bottle 16 quarts of dill Pickles. I am down to picking 1 quart size bag of Green Beans per week. So I have put about 10 bags in my freezer. I have not …
Aug 25
I have eaten skillet zucchini for a lot of years and I would like to share this with you as my readers. The Zucchini is grown out of my garden. Skillet Zucchini Ingredients: 1 to 2 Zucchini 1/2 diced onion 1 package of Kielbasa 1 can or bottle of stewed tomatoes In your skillet you …
Aug 24
If you have a garden your tomatoes should be ready to eat. If they are not then you can go to your local farmers market and buy some. My tomatoes are not quite ready so I went and bought some at my farmers market. The best tomatoes for grilling are Early Girls. Ingredients: 4 Tomatoes …
Aug 23
A couple of Monday’s ago I wrote about 10 steps to get out of debt so each Monday I will talk about them in more detail. If you are really serious about getting out of debt then the first step is to cut up your cards and live on a cash budget. It is really …
