Living Within Your Means

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In this popular workshop, author Deborah Taylor-Hough shares how we can live a complete, content and happy life--within our means. She examines the importance of evaluating priorities and living our lives in alignment with our purpose. Her Christian perspective helps us to put our faith and family before our wants and abandon the "material treadmill" once and for all.

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Great tape!.......2004-04-25

This tape was greatly encouraging. We have been debt free for some years (except for mortgage, and that....only a few more years!), but I was encouraged about how to be careful to stay that way. Sometimes I fear that we get too lax and let the budget slip, or purchase unwisely, etc. Deborah's words reminded me where we were, and how far the Lord has allowed us to come! To Him be the glory!!!!!

Living Within Your Means Cassette Tape.......2000-10-20

I found the tape to be inspiring as Debi is very candid and shares the many financial hurdles that she and her family have faced and how through her faith in God, she is victorious over several areas in her life relating to finances. She also shares her spiritual struggles as we live in a keep up with the "Jones" world. Having gone through some tremendous financial struggles myself, I could totally relate and understand the points that Debi so easily relates in this tape. It is a tape that I will listen to again and again.

Happily Living Within Your Means: The Computerized Budget Planner and Workbook

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Happily Living Within Your Means: The Computerized Budget Planner and Workbook

ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0976310414

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Happily Living Within Your means is a budget planning workbook and a computerized spreadsheet. With it there is no failure. The activities help you to calculate your monthly income and accurately figure out your monthly expenses. After which, you simply type in your income, expenses and spending into the spreadsheet each month. If you overspend, then you make an adjustment. Either cutback spending somewhere else, earn additional money to balance your budget or live with the consequences of overspending. In any case, you now have the power of choice of your financial situation. With such power, stress and despair give way to knowledge and opportunity.

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Worth Its Weight In Gold.......2006-06-07

Do you want the past brought to life?
It's books like "The Ties of the Past - The Gettysburg Diaries of Salome Myers Stewart" by great great granddaughter Sarah Sites Rodgers that will transport the reader through time and space into an era fastly becoming distant past.
Beginning in 1860 and taking us through the infamous Battle of Gettysburg and beyond, we witness, first hand, the life of young Miss Myers - school teacher - and her daily excursions into life as it was for a young woman of the 1860's.
We experience her fear while her father is off fighting a war that killed more Americans than all wars before or since.
We see through her eyes the first hand and very human affects of the battles - the side of war rarely discussed or portrayed: as the Gettysburg battle rages, Miss Myers unwittingly becomes a nurse to the wounded in her own home and in nearby field hospitals.
The 1863 Battle of Gettysburg is only half the story. What happened in the town to its citizens is the oh-so-important other half not getting its just due.
We also become privy to her life after the excitement at Gettysburg settled down: her marriage and ultimate widow hood shortly thereafter.
If you are a Civil War buff/historian, or if you are a student of social history, you would do well to purchase this peek into the past.

excellent recount of civil war.......2000-12-18

I think this book is one of the best recounts of civil war life, especially from a younger point of view. I am a native of Gettysburg so I have heard all the stories, but this book is one of the best I've read so far. The fisrt-hand telling is captivating and beautifully written. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in life from years past.

The Ties of The Past.......2000-05-03

This book was wonderful. As a novice lady civil war re-enactor (civilian) this gave great insight to the times and to this wonderful woman, Sallie M. Stewart. I could only wish more information on Sallie. Is there a way to contact the author?

Fascinating book!.......1997-04-09

This book gives a first hand look at life in the small town of Gettysburg during the Civil War years. The diaries of a sixteen year old girl give a fascinating insight into everyday life in this era. The commentary by the author, who interestingly is the diary keeper's great-great-grandaughter, adds immensely to this very interesting book

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Autobiographies I - I Knock At The Door; Pictures In The Hallway; Drums Under The Windows
Sean O'casey
Manufacturer: Carroll & Graf Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000IX3OXO

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Autobiographies I: I Knock at the Door, Pictures in the Hallway, Drums Under the Windows
Sean O'Casey
Manufacturer: Carroll & Graf Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0881840335

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Sean O'Casey - Autobiographies: I Knock at the Door ; Pictures in the Hallway ; Drums Under the Windows
Sean O'Casey
Manufacturer: Papermac
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0333582500

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Autobiographies 1: I Knock at the Door, Pictures in the Hallway, and Drums Under the Windows
Sean O'Casey
Manufacturer: Macmillan Education Australia
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OUEQ2O

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Nonprofit Management & Leadership, No. 3, Spring 2003 (J-B NML Single Issue Nonprofit Management & Leadership)
Roger A. Lohmann
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0787967866

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Basic, solid advice, hopelessly out-of-date.......2000-05-26

As this book was last updated in 1990, none of the comments on closing, inspection and repair costs have any meaning. About half of what I read could be put to use today - not a waste of time, but I would look for something published in the last year or two.

A great book, albeit a bit out-of-date.......2000-04-19

This is a great overview to home buying. Beware some of the tax-related info is out -of-date -- namely the information about capital gains. Other than that this is the best introduction I've seen. I highly recommend it.

Best book I've read on the subject.......1998-09-06

I am extremely impressed with this book. I would recommend it to anyone planning to buy a home, even though it is intended primarily to first-timers. It is organized very effectively, making it useful as a reference for veterans. I found it more useful than books with titles like '149 questions for the homebuyer', which rarely attempt seriously to cover all the essential ground.

Chapters: 1. Do you really want to buy a house?

This is a well-balanced discussions of the pros and cons of home ownership. This is in contrast to many books I have read (and own) that unabashedly sell home ownership.

2. Prequalification - How much can you afford?

A detailed treatment of the subject, including the formulas and processes used by mortgage providers to set lending limits.

3. Study the Market

Some sensible ideas to help the buyer assess whether the market is hot or cold, and what the market conditions imply about the search.

4. What to look for in a broker

Discusses buyers agents, sellers agents and dual agents, Realtors vs. brokers, limitations of brokers, and things to look out for.

5. Narrowing the search

The first few weeks of looking. Reminds buyer to keep an open mind about style, neighborhood, new vs. old, etc. Practical considerations in choosing neighborhood and type of house/yard.

6. Recognizing the Dream I - the outside

Style, roofs, gutters, foundations, structural soundness, expansions/alterations.

7. Recognizing the Dream I - the inside

Floor plans, bathrooms and kitchens, walls, ceilings, floors, doors, windows, toxic materials.

8. Recognizing the Dream I - the major systems

Heating/cooling, compares effectiveness, cost and whether to replace. Insulation, hot water heater, water service, septic/sewage, electical system.

9. The Condo and Coop alternatives

Good discussion of advantages/disadvantages of these two with respect to financing, lifestyle and value.

10. The Bottom Line: What it will cost to buy

Short chapter on last minute cost considerations before making an offer.

11. Putting it in writing

Very good treatise on the timeline and legal implications of the offer, purchase and sale contract, inspections, down payments and closing. This chapter was worth the price of the book to me.

12. Shopping for a Mortgage

Pros and cons of ARM's and other nonstandard mortgages, points, and desirable characteristics in lenders.

13. The Application Process

Credit reports, appraisals, title searches, the long wait for the approval. How many to apply for.

14. Closing

How much it will cost. The closing process and how to deal with things that go wrong.

15. Living Happily ever after

Sensible advice about mortgage payments, renovations, furnishing, refinancing and maintenance.

16. Debt and Taxes

The tax deduction on mortgages. What records you need to keep for the tax man.

As the list of chapters might imply, this is a very thoughtfully organized and written book. Easily 5 stars!

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Guide to Buying Your Dream House-
Bob Vila-
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: B000OTYZZ8

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A lively and provocative study of the great composer and his works. Mr. Finck's established reputation as a musical scholar, thorough familiarity with Wagner literature, and interesting style, give his book a marked and permanent value. It is the result of many years' special study, and is both a full review of Wagner's life, the dramatic episodes of which are treated with unusual fullness, and a summary and critical analysis of the musical and poetic contents of his writings, rich in anecdote and apposite quotation.

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A personal and engaging look into Makah culture and life........2007-05-01

As an occasional visitor to the Makah Reservation (relatives live in Clallam Bay and Neah Bay) I really found this book interesting because it took me into the world in a very different way than I'd ever gone before.

The history that Helma Swan shared as well as her own history make for a unique story. If you're interested in American Indian culture and in the individuals themselves this is a good book to read as it has plenty of both.

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