Jul
13
From a consumer’s perspective, a garage sale is a great way to save money. Over the years, we’ve easily saved thousands of dollars on clothes and children’s books and toys. Hosting a garage sale yourself is a great way to earn some extra cash. It’s not uncommon for a good sale to rake in anywhere …
Jun
29
. . . and over $850 the second. I really enjoy blogging. In fact, I remember saying to my wife one night before chriswondra.com was even a twinkle in my eye: “I think I was born for this.” Early on there were a number of things that made blogging attractive: Control: you have total control …
Jun
08
If you’ve read my About page, you know one of the major challenges we’ve had as a family has been money. I’ll never regret the decision we made to focus on our family. But I’m not going to lie to you. Transitioning from no kids with a dual income, to two kids living off little …
Apr
12
What’s it called when a blogger starts to write about things that happen on his own blog? Most of the time it’s under a headline like, “How I got 100,000 visitors in 30 days,” or “My Google Adsense Figures,” or something like that. Heck, I’ve even done it once. It’s like the blog takes on …
Mar
19
Direct Buy and the Magic of Lead Generation I don’t know how many times I’d seen it. That chipper blond, the irritatingly giddy couples explaining how much money they’ve saved, the irrefutable logic of being able to purchase things directly from manufacturers, avoiding all those costly markups. If you’ve seen the infomercial, you know what …
Mar
05
The picture above is of my family (minus me, I’m taking the picture . . .duh) and Will Steger. It was taken at this year’s St. Paul Winter Carnival in January. The temperature that day was about 5 degrees and the wind was really kicking out of the north, so the wind chill was actually …
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