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Entries Tagged as 'Money'

How To Stop Traffic With Your Garage Sale Signs.

July 13th, 2007 · 5 Comments

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 [...]

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Tags: Around the house · Learning · Money

How this blog made $400 in its first month with AdSense . . .

June 29th, 2007 · 14 Comments

. . . 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 over content, presentation, [...]

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Tags: Growth · Learning · Money · Writing

How we keep the IRS away from my paycheck (and save thousands every year)

June 8th, 2007 · 7 Comments

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 [...]

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Tags: Around the house · Growth · Learning · Money