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November 2012 Month in Review: Money
We did a terrible job staying under budget this month – check the bottom to see if it was a pass or fail (it was close!). Our lack of control in the grocery store was to blame again. Our targeted savings accounts saved our behinds, too, as our car failed its yearly safety inspection and we had to make some unexpected repairs, but our Cars account was up to the task. Kyle is, I swear, … Read entire article »
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Blog Statistics Update October – November 2012
Becoming a finalist for The Blogging Scholarship (vote for Emily!) has really motivated me to get my act together around here regarding attracting more readers, generating higher quality content, and making some money. My goal is to have some ads and other changes up and running by Jan 1. Just yesterday I had lunch with a fellow grad student and we stumbled upon a question that I’m sure many grad students do regarding taxes and residency. … Read entire article »
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October 2012 Month in Review: Money
We had a crazy overspending month – the first one we’ve had in a long time! We are just no good at denying ourselves in the grocery store. We didn’t have too many random expenses – most things we were able to cover out of our nest egg. We are definitely done paying ourselves back for our moving expenses – we may have even been done last month but we haven’t squared all of our … Read entire article »
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Blog Statistics Update September – October 2012
This is my one-month update on how EPF is doing based on our September 16 – October 15 data. We’ve been feeling rather aimless about the blog recently so I think we’re going to set up some monthly goals in terms of things to learn about and implement to grow it. Believe it or not, we are coming up on our 1 year anniversary of the blog! I should think about having a giveaway, I … Read entire article »
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September 2012 Month in Review: Money
This was our first full month in our new townhouse! We, um, still aren’t unpacked fully. Apparently we have a lot more stuff than we actually need or use! We are making slow process. The furniture is all set up where we want it except that we need to buy a second bookcase. Our kitchen, bathrooms, and closets are fully functional. We just have a bunch of other stuff in the living area and bedroom … Read entire article »
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Blog Statistics Update August to September 2012
This is my one-month update on how EPF is doing based on our August 16 – September 15 data. Not much commentary from me in this post. I’m feeling a little down about the stats but I know at least a few steps I need to undertake to improve them so I just need to get on those actions. People who listen to us as of September 16, 2012 RSS subscribers: 88 (-3) Twitter followers: 92 (+17) Facebook fans: 21 … Read entire article »
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August 2012 Month in Review: Money
August actually was not as crazy as I was expecting it to be! We went on a week-long vacation and it was amazing to have that break from work, but it only cost us about $100 because my parents paid for most of it. We also are completely moved out of our old apartment as of the 31st and have all of our stuff (in boxes) in our new townhouse. The move went fairly smoothly … Read entire article »
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Blog Statistics Update July – August 2012
This is my one-month update on how EPF is doing based on our July 16 – August 15 data. People who listen to us, as of August 15, 2012 RSS subscribers: 91 (+22) Twitter followers: 75 (+16) Facebook fans: 18 (+2) Still looking for more FB fans! I really want to get to the 30 mark so that I can see some analysis. J Rankings Alexa: 156,559 (+22,048) Google PR: 2 (no change) MozRank: 4.82 (+0.97) Again my Alexa ranking increased, but I don’t care as … Read entire article »
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July 2012 Month in Review: Money
Wow, I’ve been so impressed at how many months we’ve had leftover money since I started writing this series! I’m not sure if it’s the season change or the accountability this series provides, but something is working! Or maybe it’s just that we pull from our targeted and general savings accounts so much. 😉 This month was characterized by majorly low grocery spending, which always is helpful in freeing up money for other categories. We … Read entire article »
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Blog Statistics Update June – July 2012
This is my one-month update on how EPF is doing based on our June 16 – July 15 data. Statistics People who listen to us, as of July 15, 2012: RSS subscribers: 69 (+3) Twitter followers: 57 (+6) Facebook fans: 16 (+3) Pretty minimal progress this month! I actually saw our RSS subscriptions as high as 84 at one point – I’m not sure why that number is so volatile. I don’t subscribe to and unsubscribe from other blogs so capriciously; … Read entire article »
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