Live on Less and Love It!

[WVsnowflake]

On paper, my wife and I are poor. How poor? In 2005 we made $4,303.84 combined; in 2004 we made half that. We’re in such a low tax bracket that I have trouble convincing the government of our tax return’s accuracy; they simply can’t believe Americans can live on that kind of money.


Simply put, we never want for anything, and we have a lot of fun.

We’ve arrived where we are now through a decade of daily financial decisions. Because we didn’t want to spend our time earning money at jobs we didn’t like, we instead focused on how to stretch our money. We found that by controlling our day-to-day expenses, we could save a lot of money without sacrificing our quality of life. Neither my wife nor I will ever be confused for financial wizards; there’s nothing we’ve done that you can’t do if you’re serious about saving money. Here are 75 money-saving tips to consider, drawn from our own experiences. Find what works for you and enjoy living on less!


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[WVsnowflake]

Here is a cool link for a Yahoo group that recycles....
www.freecycle.org/group/US/Missouri
You can type in any state and find groups in your area. Everything posted is free or want to trade....

[karolinakitty]

Oct 29, 2008 17:58:13 GMT -6 WVsnowflake said:

Here is a cool link for a Yahoo group that recycles....
www.freecycle.org/group/US/Missouri
You can type in any state and find groups in your area. Everything posted is free or want to trade....

In many parts of South Carolina, you take your trash to the dump. There are many towns with no weekly garbage pick up. I'm so used to seperating everything that it's just a part of living. our dump has bins for plastic, cans, cardboard, yard debris, construction and brown goods. Once you get into the routine, it's nothin. The only thing i have a problem with is the dump is about 10 miles from us. Trying to save on gas, i limit my trips. In the summer when it's 100* my van can get a little odor problem from the household trash. With the new year i hope to find somewhere to do a compost pile so my summer trips won't require a mask........

[gonecatfishing]

I can remember back when if a person had a job paying $5,000.00 a year he had a wery well paid job. At that time not many earned much more than about$3,500 per year...