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Appearances are Deceiving

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Was having a discussion with our neighbors about local grocery stores.

The local/big grocery chain is Raley’s/Bel Air.

It is a somewhat upscale grocery store chain.

We do also have a Safeway (which was much later in…

Net Worth 6/30

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Well net worth is up $2226 for the quarter and up $4362 for the year.

Kind of pathetic!

My goal is $25k-$30k for the year - so a long way to go.

At least our retirement is up for the year - have contributed more than…

Starting to feel JINXED!! (& Groceries…)

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On the plus side, I got my car back at noon - really nothing wrong with it.

Mechanic called me at 11:45 to say the EGR valve(?) had been stuck, but seems fine now. Plus is usually covered for warranty an…

Cable/Gas/Gloom/Shopping

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Well, it is official, Comcast bought up our mom & pop cable company.

We will grieve on that for a while.

They are offering a deal of the same price as we have been paying, for their most premium package, for…

Deep Fryer?

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Does anyone have a deep fryer?

Not very bloggy today, but remembered I saw a cute little countertop deep fryer in the $50 range.

Was curious if anyone had one and what they thought.

I think this will be PERFECT for…