Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
I just got my latest cable/internet bill. Arrrgggghhhh. Total due: $93.00, for one month. It seems my discount for broadband has expired after 6 months (like they said it would). This is the second time I’ve received the discount and the woman told me that they wouldn’t be able to lower it after the last time because I’d received a full year of internet service
Well, here it is February. The holiday season is over and the debt hangover is finally taking shape. Holy smokes! You spent a lot of money on presents this year. Well, there’s only one way to overcome this hangover. Save LOTS of money on things. With all of the money you’ll save with these groundbreaking ideas, you are sure to pull yourself up and out
We don’t get too carried away on Valentines day at our house. Our point of view (mostly from my wife) is that it doesn’t take one day per year to express our love to each other, rather it’s better to spend 365 days per year doing that. So, needless to say, we don’t get too carried away on gifts on this day. It has become
Congratulations go to NCN over at NCNBlog. He has done an amazing job of paying off all of his debt in less than a year. He’s celebrating, as he should be! Way to Go NCN! http://ncnblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/its-over-its-all-over-down-goes.html
Okay. I’ll admit it. I have a price. As much as I like living in my house, it’s just a house. Something to maintain and hopefully help me increase my net worth with equity over time. This lady really likes her house. How much, you ask? A LOT. Check out this article. She pretty much told the developer to go screw himself. Her view is
I was sitting around thinking (not again) and I realized that I’ve really short changed myself in the past. Not so bad that I haven’t recovered from it (to some extent), but enough that I could have made things a bit easier on myself. Jonathon at MymoneyBlog had a good post about mistakes, and so did MyOpenWallet. I think it’s a fact of life that
http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/03/pf/pay_hike_jobseeker/index.htm Would you like to increase your pay? Choose a career in one of these high demand fields. http://finance.yahoo.com/columnist/article/yourlife/2449 Okay. I admit it. I like reading Ben Stein’s articles. Maybe I want to win some of it. (lame joke) http://www.komotv.com/stories/41695.htm Hey Buddy. Can you spare a dime? I need to send an email. http://finance.yahoo.com/columnist/article/moneymatters/2236 Suze’s got something to tell you. Are you being honest? No
Well, I won’t whine and cry about some of the calls made in yesterday’s game. I’ll just lick my wounds and carry on. It would have been nice to see a Superbowl win in Seattle. I guess the positive side is that I didn’t bet any money on the game, and we watched it with friends at home, so it really wasn’t an expensive loss
Even the Navy wants to see more limitations for these types of loans. Apparently a high number of their sailors are finding themselves knee deep in debt with these places. Washington state has a cap of 391% APR for these loans. (They are short term loans at high interest that, when calculated out to an APR, really seem excessive). There are 36 payday lenders within
Keep saving. If you don’t save enough, you could wind up butchering meat in your garage and then get fined for food safety violations. I’m guessing this couple probably should have saved a little more over their lifetime. Being elderly and running a butcher shop out of your garage just doesn’t sound all the appealing. I think I’ll go transfer a bit more money in