My Daily Dollars

On the road to financial freedom, one day at a time

Entries from August 2008

Debt-be-Gone Roundup

August 30th, 2008 · 12 Comments · Roundup

Whew! It’s official. I no longer have any credit card debt. Yahoo! This is the first time in my entire credit history that I am not carrying a balance on any cards. I managed to pay the cards off ahead of my original schedule. Now that I have altered my [...]

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Quick Summer Minestrone

August 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · food, pantry

The other day, I came across this recipeby Martha Rose Shulman in the New York Times.  It looked delicious and fairly simple, so I planned to give it a try.  I decided Wednesday night would be soup night, but by the time I got home from work, decompressed, and straightened up the house, I only [...]

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New Look, New Plans

August 28th, 2008 · 5 Comments · about me

Life at My Daily Dollars is going well.  As you can see, I’m updating the look of the blog.  Since I’m transitioning from debt-repayment to frugal living, I wanted a fresh theme to mark the occasion.  
Tomorrow marks the end of my first six months of blogging.  I’ll be free of credit card debt (hip, [...]

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