Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
Here’s an article that’s all over the news in Washington right now. Washington state is considering creating prize incentives for people to save money. Apparently Michigan has been trying this for the last couple years and now other states are starting to take notice. As much of a gimmick as this seems to be, I like it. There really are no losers in this in
I’m home with a sick kid today. My daughter has a 101 temp so she can’t go to school. She doesn’t feel too bad but we’ll keep an eye on her today and see if she gets better or worse. While she’s relaxing on the couch watching a streaming Netflix movie, I’m sitting here thinking about how our absurd December spending is just about a
You know how I love to look at lottery winners. Statistically, they don’t stand much of a chance of holding on to the cash when they win. Many, many lottery winners end up losing it all. It’s not hard to explain, really. Managing your money isn’t easy. Most people don’t get the idea of money making money for you. In my case, if I won,
A little over a month ago my wife, daughter and I traveled over to our friends cabin in the mountains about 2.5 hours away. The cabin is a beautiful home situated on the banks of a river in a neighborhood of other cabins. Since it was late November, there was plenty of snow on the ground and we spent some time sledding down the long
I hate spending money on things that I shouldn’t need to. I’d like to think that I’m able to lose weight when I need to without the help of others but the reality is that I’m 25 pounds overweight and need to get rid of the weight for my health and comfort. What am I talking about? I started attending Weight Watchers after the first
Everybody duck!! The bank fees are coming right at you. I’m happy to report that my credit union hasn’t sent me anything telling me that my accounts will now be subject to a fee. In fact, the last thing I got from them was a notice telling me how much money they had PAID me for having accounts with them. Gotta love credit unions! http://abcnews.go.com/Business/bank-america-testing-accounts-fees/story?id=12556140
You can feel the excitement in the air. The Mega millions lottery is up to $330 million and people are buying tickets like crazy. If you win, you would receive upwards of $200 million after taxes. That’s a lot of cash. If you generated just 3% interest off of that $200 million you’d make over $500,000 a month in interest (before taxes). HOLY SMOKES. What
Fresh off the press is the LA Times with an article highlighting that stopping smoking can save you a lot of money. No kidding. It can save you thousands of dollars a year in cigarette costs alone! If you calculate in the health costs of smoking, the figure goes much higher. I admire those people who made the switch from conventional smoking to vaping. It
Just a quick note to say Happy New Year to everyone. 2010 was an okay year for us at our house and I hope 2011 will be full of opportunity, excitement and happiness. I’m not a big fan of New Years resolutions per se but I am looking at a couple of goals for 2011. First and foremost is a desire to get healthy. I
Xzibit (Alvin Joiner) from the show “Pimp My Ride” owes upwards of $1M in taxes and has a negative net worth of about $660K. Apparently he has declared bankruptcy twice since 2009. Really? You can do that? It sure looks like Xzibit probably should have made a few different decisions. A $2200+ car payment? Really? http://jalopnik.com/5720753/xzibit-pimp-my-ride-made-me-broke
