: About Me

Karen Wilmot has been working at Best Buy Company since 1993 serving as the administrative support for key executives. Wilmot has developed her writing skills through daily administrative functions and the many blogs she maintains. Her passion for developing a debt free life, exercise through running and gluten free cooking has developed into three wonderful blogs. Wilmot has embraced the web 2.0 social networking with pages on LinkedIn, Plaxo and Facebook. She has helped her husband to embrace the tenets of social media through Twitter and Facebook. In her free time she enjoys going to movies and trying new restaurants.

My passion is ...

getting out of debt and loving the Lord

I know too much about ...

gluten free cooking and training for marathons

My parents always told me ...

to complete every project and do what I say I'm going to do

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a teacher

My favorite memory ...

is teaching my stuffed animals English in the basement

Why I write ...

because it gives me a release for all my words

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Where have all the leaders gone? Lee Iacocca

My first job ...

was working at my fathers accounting firm

My best moment ...

was marrying my husband

My inspiration ...

is my friend in Duluth who inspired me to write from my heart

Personal Finance > Budgets & Saving Frugal habits worth adopting

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Here are some frugal tips that are definitely worth adopting.  They won't make you a million but they will put a few dollars back in your pocket. 1. Use power strips Have you ever heard of ghost electricity. When you turn on your television it comes on immediately. For this previlidge you pay for the electricity. It means that your electronics are constantly being powered even when they are powered off. When you utilize power strips for your electronics you eliminate a lot of the ghost electricity coming into your house. You plug in various electronic items to one strip then power the...

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