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		<title>Paying For Retirement February 2009 Roundup</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Month two is in the books, both for 2009 and Paying For Retirement. I ran into a few problems with my site as far as some plugins and getting my daily links to work correctly. I&#8217;m still tweaking this and will be a focus in March. Final numbers for February was 18 posts over 12 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Month two is in the books, both for 2009 and <a href="http://www.payingforretirement" rel="nofollow" title="personal finance blog"  target="_self">Paying For Retirement</a>. I ran into a few problems with my site as far as some plugins and getting my daily links to work correctly. I&#8217;m still tweaking this and will be a focus in March. Final numbers for February was 18 posts over 12 days. Here are my favorite posts for February:</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.payingforretirement.com/ira/time-to-convert-traditional-ira-to-a-roth-ira/"title="traditional roth 401k conversion"  target="_self">Converting a Traditional to Roth IRA</a>. Big hits to your portfolio in 2008 can result in a lower tax penalty if your numbers work out.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.payingforretirement.com/mortgage/setting-up-automatic-mortgage-payments/"title="automatic mortgage payment setup"  target="_self">Automatic Mortgage Payments</a>. Quick quiz to determine whether or not you should automate the biggest payment of your life.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.payingforretirement.com/creditscore/experian-pulls-out-of-fico-score-system/"title="Experian fico score fair isaac"  target="_self">Experian Dumps Credit Score</a>. At least the FairIsaac version which means no score for you. Lenders and Creditors still can view Experian&#8217;s score.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.payingforretirement.com/lower-my-bills/lower-my-bills-grocery-edition/"title="save on grocery bill"  target="_self">Lower My Bills Grocery Edition</a>. Another addition to my <a href="http://www.payingforretirement.com/category/lower-my-bills/"title="lower my bills"  target="_self">Lower My Bills </a>series, this one focusing on one of our biggest bills &#8211; groceries.</li>
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<p>But my favorite post was about my 401k. It was a pretty rough 2008 for my investments, but like I said, <a href="http://www.payingforretirement.com/401k/i-lost-70-of-my-401k-investment-in-2008-and-i-dont-care/"title="2008 401k losses"  target="_self">losing 70%</a> isn&#8217;t all that bad.</p>
<p>These were my five favorite posts on <a href="http://www.payingforretirement.com"title="personal finance blog"  target="_self">PFR </a>in February. If you like my blog, you can have all my posts delivered by my <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/payingforretirement" rel="nofollow" title="rss feed" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/feeds.feedburner.com');"  target="_blank"><span style="color: #e60d00;">RSS feed</span></a>. You can also get them delivered by email by signing up at the top right of the screen.</p>

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		<title>Paying For Retirement January 2009 Roundup</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first month of Paying For Retirement went by pretty fast. I came out in the new year posts blazing, posting 7 out of the first 8 days of the year. I hit a bump in the road midmonth but still managed to post at least once a week. Final tally for January 2009 was [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first month of <a href="http://www.payingforretirement.com/"title="Personal Finance Blog"  target="_self">Paying For Retirement</a> went by pretty fast. I came out in the new year posts blazing, posting 7 out of the first 8 days of the year. I hit a bump in the road midmonth but still managed to post at least once a week. Final tally for January 2009 was 15 days with 22 posts. Here are my favorites for the month:</p>
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<li>Planning a <a href="http://www.payingforretirement.com/budget/planning-a-monthly-budget/"title="Monthly Budget Planning"  target="_self">Monthly Budget</a>: This was my first post and my personal favorite. Some great tips on how to fix your budget.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.payingforretirement.com/debt/should-i-pay-off-my-credit-card/"title="Paying Credit Card"  target="_self">Credit Card</a>: I help answer a question about whether or not to pay off a credit card. I hope to get more questions from readers as this blog continues.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.payingforretirement.com/personal-finance-links/great-personal-finance-blogs/"title="great pf blogs"  target="_self">Great Finance Blogs</a>: These are some of the PF blogs that I enjoy reading. Definitely worth adding to your RSS feeds. </li>
<li><a href="http://www.payingforretirement.com/lower-my-bills/lower-my-bills-cable-bill-edition/"title="cable bill discounts"  target="_self">Lower My Bills Cable Edition</a>: First <a href="http://www.payingforretirement.com/category/lower-my-bills/"title="lower my bills"  target="_self">Lower My Bills </a>post and I picked the ultimate money saver &#8211; the cable bill. Lots of good advice that will have results.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.payingforretirement.com/misc/free-online-storage-backup/"title="free online storage"  target="_self">Free Online Storage</a>: Save yourself the agony of losing your precious photos and computer files and get free storage online today from <a href="https://mozy.com/?code=Q7YDNC" rel="nofollow" title="mozy online storage"  target="_blank">Mozy</a>.</li>
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<p>Those were my fab five blog posts for January. Hopefully I&#8217;ll have more posts to choose from in February. If you like my blog, you can have all my posts delivered by my <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/payingforretirement" rel="nofollow" title="rss feed"  target="_blank">RSS feed</a>. You can also get them delivered by email by signing up at the top right of the screen.</p>

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