As you can tell from reading the title, I confess to being 3 years late opening a college savings account (529) for my daughter.  I guess I found myself a little confused about exactly how to go about it and never spent the time to figure out what the best plan of attack would be.  Well, I finally did some analysis and jumped on board.

Okay, this has nothing to do with personal finance but I couldn’t help putting it up.  This woman is bat sheet CRAZY!$#%.  She is being charged with a hate crime for throwing boric acid on her neighbors during a dispute.  This reminds me of so many incidents from my days as a police officer.  Anyway, you’ve got to watch it all the way through.  I

Love it or hate it, I still enjoyed reading it: http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=11…  I think I found the most interesting sentences to be: “In Brentwood, where the houses start at $3 million, the housewives complain about what a terrible country America is. In Clinton, South Carolina, where the textile mill closed fifteen years ago and there is real hardship, the young men still believe in America and

The new Forbes list of billionaires is out.  Apparently this was a banner year for billionaires.  It’s no surprise that Bill Gates tops the list.  Pretty amazing to think that the richest man in the world lives 30 minutes from me.  I really should stop by and say hello sometime.  Someone that surprisingly wasn’t on the list this year: ME.  Okay, maybe it isn’t so

It’s been awhile since I’ve mentioned the challenges that we’ve been working through since the house fire and my dad’s passing late last year.  There has been a fair amount of activity but there is still a long way to go. My mother did confirm that she is not entitled to any of my dad’s social security benefits because she is working and makes too

How old do you have to be to make a crazy purchase that would label you as having a midlife crisis?  Is 35 too young?  if so, maybe I should buy one now.  I have ALWAYS had a soft spot for BMW M3’s. This car is beautiful.  Some day I will splurge on a beautiful European car that costs too much and costs a fortune to

For those of you that have been around for awhile, you’ll recall we embarked on a new journey last September.  We purchased a bunch of wood that had been nailed together on top of a concrete foundation.  (A framed up structure).  Well, since then I’ve pretty much been spending every weekend out at the place working on it. (Which explains the more limited posting on

You know how you always hear about the latest lottery winner that has spent all of their winnings in a matter of months?  They decided that they’d build a rocket ship with the money, or buy a car for each day of the week.  Maybe they buy their mother a house, or buy cars for all their friends and family.  I’ve read stories about some pretty extravagant

I just love reading articles like this.  Basically this woman rants about how people focus on all their small purchases and then proceed to get royally screwed on the big ones.  As I read it, it became apparent that she’s definitely had an ugly experience with the home buying process.  Check it out: http://www.violentacres.com/archives/122/when-it-c…

I’ve mentioned before how much I love Costco.  In the land of retail, I don’t think there is another company that can claim such a loyal following from both it’s customers and employees.  What’s interesting is that their formula doesn’t require a college degree to understand.  Stick to a core set of priniciples that put the customers first, and employees second and the market will