My energy company has started sending out Home Energy Reports. I figured that I was probably doing pretty well. After all, I don’t keep the house unreasonably cool, and I don’t spend a lot of time watching TV, and I do my best to always turn off the lights when I leave a room. My …
Gone are the days of super high interest rates. I think that when I first opened my Capital One 360 Account (then known as ING Direct), the interest rate was around 5%. It then steadily dropped to 0.75%, where it’s been holding since October of 2012. Still better than a lot of accounts, but I miss …
As I have mentioned, I’ve been doing the Konmari method of decluttering my home. I made it through my clothes and accessories, and am working through books and paper right now. It’s overwhelming how much stuff I’ve been able to get rid of. I took 9 bags of clothes to Goodwill and have a huge …
I’ve been pretty open about the fact that my budgeting has gone off the rails. I’m overspending. There’s no question about that. And it’s easy to blame it on the big things, like the triathlon bike I just purchased and all the accoutrements that go along with it. But that wasn’t the problem. I had …
John Oliver recently did a segment on food waste in the United States, and the statistics were sobering. 40% of the food produced in the United States goes to waste, and American households throw out 15-20% of the food they purchase. Some of this has to do with arbitrary “sell by,” “use by,” “best by” …