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The Swiss_Mouse family have multiple magazine subscriptions.  Some are coming due and this is a great place for the Swiss_Mouse to take a hard look at them and trim some fat from the budget.
Currently, the family subscribes to  16 magazines.  We love to read!  But this winds up costing at least $321 a year or […]

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The Swiss_Mouse uses Capital One’s No Hassle Miles credit card as his primary means of paying for any transaction. FIRST, let him say, he pays off the balance in full EVERY MONTH.
However the Swiss_Mouse uses this card because it does several things for him. It allows him to carry less cash on hand, […]

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The Swiss_Mouse gives, not until it hurts, but he gives….
The Swiss_Mouse currently uses a nifty program called Deduction Pro that came bundled with his H&R Block Tax software.  It makes tracking and “fair value” calculations pretty easy.  It handily exports into TaxCut.
But the Swiss_Mouse recently read that “starting this year you’ll need to save all […]

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Thanks to his meticulous budget tracking, the Swiss_Mouse can tell you he spend exactly $81.88 a week on eating out.   Now you might say that is an outrageous amount, but actually it really only represents about 1 sit down restaurant a  couple of fast food meals per week.   The Swiss_Mouse family has a lot of activities […]

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Recently the Swiss_Mouse and Mrs. Swiss_Mouse were going to run some errands.  They were dropping off the young mouse-ling with Swiss_Mouse Sr. and Grandma Swiss_Mouse.
When allowed to pick where they would like to get some fast food to take to the grand-mice, they thankfully did not respond “Burger King”.  Sadly, they chose McDonald’s.  Swiss_Mouse Sr.  […]

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Others will read this blog entry and say “The Swiss_Mouse is an idiot!”  But, these people are all trying to make internet millions off of google ads and affliate sales.  HEY so is the Swiss_Mouse, but there are few John Chow dot com moguls or even the site TechCrunch mentioned in his latest post. 
The Swiss_Mouse presents […]

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The Swiss_Mouse has several non-retirement and retirement investment accounts. This is not bragging like other bloggers (”OH I make a million every morning while I’m in my pajamas, losers!”). No, not at all. Just a fact. Mrs. Swiss_Mouse has retirement accounts at Schwab. Swiss_Mouse has accounts at Fidelity.
Swiss_Mouse and […]

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The Swiss_Mouse recently received a mailing from his mortgage company, Regions Mortgage. This mailing touted that he could enroll in a program to accelerate his mortgage payoff saving thousands of dollars and saving years of mortgage payments.
All this seemed rather familiar to the Swiss_Mouse, but he couldn’t quite put his little finger on what […]

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The Swiss_Mouse has many web ventures in the works, both personal and business.
The Swiss_Mouse likes to accumulate and consume cheddar, not give it away. So the Swiss_Mouse settled on 1and1.com as his personal webhosting service.
1and1.com is fairly inexpensive with beginner Linux hosting (including blogs) or Windows beginner hosting for just $2.99 a month. The […]

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Years ago, the Swiss_Mouse was tired of getting ripped off by AT&T on his long distance. Seeking out alternatives, the Swiss_Mouse came upon AmericanFone.
AmericanFone has a flat rate long distance fee of approximately 4.3 cents per minute. They have a low $2.00 monthly fee which is waived if you have a $20 usage bill.
When others […]

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