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Thursday, June 5, 2008
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June 5, 2008 at 2:05 am ET
A really long time ago, Maria at Cents and Sensibility tagged me for the Six-Word Memoir Meme. I've totally broken the meme, as she made her post on April 15 (guess where I was ... (more)

Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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June 3, 2008 at 1:11 am ET
The House and Senate budget panels are backing a 3.9% increase in military base pay for 2009, while the President is backing a 3.5% increase for next year. The goal of these increases is ... (more)

Saturday, May 31, 2008
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May 31, 2008 at 2:18 am ET
Well, I've just about let this blog go to pasture. We've been pretty busy around the Dimes household, but I shouldn't forget my readers. Since we last spoke, Mr. Dimes and I received ... (more)

Friday, April 4, 2008
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April 4, 2008 at 4:57 pm ET
Hey everyone, I'm writing to let you know that the Military Spouse Fellowship for the Accredited Financial Counselor Program for 2008 is now accepting applications. From now through the end of April, the application ... (more)

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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February 27, 2008 at 4:50 pm ET
Like I mentioned in my last post, I am doing seasonal tax work again this year. As much as I love the work itself, I am actively seeking other forms of employment, because the ... (more)

Saturday, February 23, 2008
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February 23, 2008 at 5:15 pm ET
Greetings, faithful readers! I didn't realize I haven't updated in over a month. I've been very busy with a new but seasonal job. And I have discovered something interesting. Military personnel ... (more)

Saturday, January 19, 2008
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January 19, 2008 at 4:36 pm ET
To mark their 104th birthday, the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society is going to begin a $300 emergency loan program effective January 23. The program, which had been piloted in three geographical areas during 2007, ... (more)

Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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January 16, 2008 at 2:29 pm ET
A few months ago, I posted about CONUS COLA, as it was a new entitlement for Mr. Dimes. For the uninitiated, CONUS COLA is a taxable income supplement for living expenses in an ... (more)

Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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January 15, 2008 at 1:12 pm ET
I know this post topic is kind of morbid, but this issue is very important. Recently, Mr. Dimes and his family had to bury his grandmother, who died suddenly but not unexpectedly right around ... (more)

Monday, January 14, 2008
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January 14, 2008 at 1:12 am ET
Our bedpillows hadn't been washed in some time, so I cleaned them on Friday. After taking them out of the dryer, I was amazed to see what awful shape they were in. The ... (more)

Friday, January 4, 2008
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January 4, 2008 at 1:03 pm ET
... cuz you aren't going to get it, at least not for awhile. Remember the National Defense Authorization Act, which President Bush vetoed a couple of months ago, with the 3.5% military pay raise? ... (more)

Sunday, December 23, 2007
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December 23, 2007 at 3:45 pm ET
As Mr. Dimes and I are going out of town in a few days, I went to Target and purchased our airplane toiletries. We're only going to be away for about a week so ... (more)

Saturday, December 22, 2007
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December 22, 2007 at 4:07 pm ET
Have you ever heard of a service member who moved from one duty station to another, whose BAH was supposed to decrease and never did, and after several months of overpayment suddenly receives a notice ... (more)

Wednesday, December 19, 2007
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December 19, 2007 at 12:51 am ET
It pleases me to report that I have passed the first of two exams necessary for me to attain the certification of Accredited Financial Counselor, a designation awarded by the Association for Financial Counseling and ... (more)

Wednesday, December 12, 2007
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December 12, 2007 at 1:29 am ET
The Military Lending Act came into law on October 1, 2007, with the intent to stop predatory lending to military personnel, their spouses, and their dependents. The primary target of this law was to ... (more)

Tuesday, December 11, 2007
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December 11, 2007 at 6:43 pm ET
Maybe it is Wednesday already in Japan, but anothernavywife has informed me that 2008 BAH rates are now available! We got a pretty good bump around here; the Hampton Roads area seems to have had ... (more)

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December 11, 2007 at 1:32 am ET
At long last, we have an apparent publication date! The 2008 Basic Allowance for Housing rates will finally be posted on Wednesday, December 12, according to the pentagon site. Don't know for ... (more)

Saturday, December 8, 2007
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December 8, 2007 at 12:52 am ET
I never quite understand why it takes so long for the Basic Allowance for Housing rates to be published. Base pay figures are usually available by October of the preceding year, but BAH tables ... (more)

Friday, November 30, 2007
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November 30, 2007 at 5:58 pm ET
Yes, folks, while I humbly submit to you that I am brilliant, I am not infallible. I understand a lot of the standard financial wisdom, a good bit of the less-common but still useful ... (more)

Thursday, November 29, 2007
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November 29, 2007 at 1:56 am ET
Thanks to the taxwise Kay Bell at Don't Mess With Taxes, I've become aware of the firing of the CEO of the American Red Cross, Mark Everson. In case you didn't know, since the ... (more)

Tuesday, November 27, 2007
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November 27, 2007 at 3:16 pm ET
Tonight I was sitting in a tax class, and the primary subject was retirement accounts, which are important but not particularly interesting, and this one guy seemed to want to wow everyone with his knowledge. ... (more)

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November 27, 2007 at 3:06 pm ET
This morning I logged onto Vanguard to look at my husband's Roth IRA as well as my own, and was in for a surprise. Since October 31, my Roth account has lost $1100 in ... (more)

Monday, November 26, 2007
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November 26, 2007 at 12:53 am ET
My blog was recently reviewed on debtconsolidationcare.com, a site which claims to be "the internet's first get-out-of-debt community" and boasts ninety thousand or so members. While this may be the case, not a single ... (more)

Saturday, November 24, 2007
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November 24, 2007 at 6:13 pm ET
Due to geographical constraints, Mr. Dimes and I are planning on avoiding brick-and-mortar stores as much as humanly possible this holiday season. Instead, we're going to be purchasing all gifts online and shipping them ... (more)

Saturday, November 17, 2007
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November 17, 2007 at 3:08 pm ET
It's that time of year again! No, not the holiday season, but the month or so where military personnel and their families are anxiously tapping their toes waiting for the release of the next ... (more)

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