Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
We’re just about to pull the trigger on canceling our home phone service. I have resisted canceling our phone because I have used it a lot for work, since I work out of the house. Recently, I received a VOIP phone number and a Plantronics USB headset for my work laptop and it is working very well. I’m on a pilot at our company which
As the recession continues I’ve often wondered about the personal suffering that is undoubtedly happening in homes across the country. What are the conversations as families sit around the dinner table? For those people in the 10%+ group that are out of work with few prospects for a paycheck any time soon, are they suffering? If so, how are they suffering? In our neighborhood, my
Blu-ray, Blu-ray, Blu-ray. It seems everyone is excited about Blu-ray. Personally, I’m not sure what the fuss is about. From my perspective, from what I’ve seen, it seems to be an overpriced new media format that doesn’t really seem to improve the quality “that†much. I have watched the sample Blu-ray movies in various stores when I’m out shopping and I really can’t see a
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately peering in to my personal finance spreadsheet. This is the spreadsheet that shows all of our major assets, our income, our expenses and our liabilities. The assets and liabilities really haven’t changed much. Here’s a quick rundown of the major stuff: House: $340K Lake House: $155K Toyota Truck: $9K Honda CRV: $24K Boat: $8K Yamaha Quad: $4.5K
It’s been a couple weeks since we killed cable and we have absolutely NO regrets. Just as we suspected, we haven’t missed it a bit. We still find plenty of things to watch on TV and we’re saving over $50 per month. Maybe I should rephrase the whole “killing cable†thing. We didn’t actually kill it completely. We kept just the local channels for $15
I’ve been considering killing off cable TV at our house for the last year or so. Today I finally took the plunge and called Comcast. I think what finally caused me to do it was receiving our last cable bill. Our discounts had dropped off and the bill was back up to $110 for cable and Internet. The same day I happened to read an
For the first time in my life, I finally got nailed by a $25 late fee. When I opened the letter I was very disappointed to see that somehow I hadn’t paid the monthly bill on our credit union credit card. We always pay the entire balance off each month and last month somehow we missed it. Arggh. To add insult to injury the total
I’m just back from an absolutely wonderful, relaxing vacation in Arizona. We went down and spent just under a week with my Aunt and Uncle in Lake Havasu. They have a beautiful house there on a golf course in a gated community that they spend the winters at. It was better than a 5 star resort. Our daughter spent hours and hours in their swimming
I absolutely love this video. Louis CK pretty much nails it. As bad as things might seem, things are actually pretty good. Just a bit of humor to keep things in perspective:
My wife and I were evaluating what we could do for a short vacation while our daughter is off for spring break and we’ve decided to head to Lake Havasu Az. The flight is booked and the rental car is reserved. All we need to do now is sit back and wait to leave. While we are down there, I’m planning on doing a bit
