Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
And the fees just keep on rising…….. This is a brief article that points out that ATM fees and bounced check fees continue to rise. The average charge for using an ATM that you don’t hold an account at is $1.64. For those people who get charged by their own bank as well, it could put you over $3 to get your own money out
It’s times like this that I wish I was rich. Heck, I don’t even need to be filthy rich. Just average rich would be outstanding. I’ve heard people say that rich people just have a different set of problems. Well, I’m ready to try those out for awhile. If I could just find a way to work my way in to that economic demographic. Lately
I’ve been a little absent from the blogging over the last couple weeks. It’s not because I want to be. We just have a ton going on right now. The most significant event over the past few days is that my dad is in the hospital. He’s been in there since last Thursday. Just when the prognosis seems to get better, something else happens and
I’ve often noticed that children mimic their parents in many, many ways. I have to really be careful because my three year old daughter repeats almost everything I say. I’m still not sure how we are going to get her to stop saying “fart”. Of course, I slipped up and said it months ago, and she has never forgotten it. Every few days, I have
I watched a show this weekend that highlighted 7 lottery winners. These lottery winners were a bit unusual because they actually still had a little of their money left. Their jackpots ranged from 2.4 million all the way up to 91 million. The show highlighted how many of these people had been extremely down on their luck before they won. One was living in a
It’s week three of the new schedule at our house. Things have been going well, but I’ve been expecting that sooner or later I’d need to take a sick day to stay home with our daughter. Today was the day. It just doesn’t make sense for my wife to stay home with her at this point. She is only “temping” and doesn’t get any paid
I confess that I have shamelessly grabbed these links from a Fatwallet forum, but they are funny enough, that I wanted to put them all together. Just a little humor to make going back to work today a little bit better: SNL Financial Advice SNL Don’t buy things you cannot afford Financial Services company getting online a little late They are pretty humorous. I especially
Well, since I just love free stuff, I decided to try out Windows Live Writer. I’ve grown rather tired of editing my posts in the WordPress window so this might be a very positive change. On another completely unrelated note, I’ve been busting my — working on the cabin. It is a TON of work, but we are making slow and steady process. Half the
Here’s a great opinion article from the Seattle Times. Just one person’s perspective on the lifelong fight to not try to keep up with the Jones’. Those damn Jones’. A Nagging Compulsion to be Left Behind
Now not only can you compare what you have with your neighbors, but also with people all over the world. I can’t say I’m too excited about this new site: