Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
Here’s an article that talks about the efforts that are underway to protect some of the lowest income members of our society. Around 10 million people opted to pay extra to get a “refund-anticipation loan” so that they could get access to their tax refunds early. Many of these people just don’t understand enough about money to realize how screwed they are getting: Challenges mount
The first week of both my wife and I working has ended. (okay, it ended on Friday but I’m just getting to blogging). It was a rough week. As expected, it was a hard transition for my wife, after having been home for 3 years. Our daughter has also had some struggles getting used to daycare, but by the end of the week, it was
I just returned from a couple days in Las Vegas with some friends. We had a good time, but I can’t say the gambling was all that hot. I pretty much saw my money take a one way trip while I was there. I think I’d feel a little better about it if they’d tell me which employee I supported, or name a brick after
As it turns out, we are all frugal when it comes to the kind of toilet paper we buy? Don’t believe me? Then check out this article. Apparently the ultra rich buy special toilet paper. I have got to take the time to become ultra rich. Ultra rich toilet paper link As if that article wasn’t entertaining enough for you, I thought the first comment
Yet another story about someone that gets a windfall of $10,000. There is no question that she’ll spend the money, the only question is on what. Just once I’d love to hear someone answer the question, “What are you going to do with the money?” with “Oh, I’m going to invest it in an index mutual fund and sit on it for 30 years”. I
As you all know, my wife and I purchased an unfinished cabin last week. As part of that purchase, we knew that my wife would have to go back to work for awhile. We are able to cover the purchase cost and monthly costs of having it on my salary alone, but that wouldn’t leave much for the rest of the construction costs. (We want
Awhile back I decided to get a subscription to Money magazine. I checked Ebay but was disappointed in the price for a subscription. After going directly to the Money magazine website, I was surprised to see that they had the best deal. At less than 85 cents per issue, I felt I was getting a pretty decent deal. Well, I’ve browsed through the magazine and
Okay, This one is a bit odd. I think it highlights the fact that slow and steady saving, or in this case, slow and steady stealing, can really add up. This woman stole over $2.3 million dollars to play the lottery. I can only assume that she was hoping to hit a million dollar jackpot with all of this stolen money. Had she just stolen
I have to confess. I really enjoy reading about other people’s finances and day to day dealings with money. I wish that Oprah would have a weekly Debt Diet episode so that I can see more families who are either struggling with their finances, or are doing exceptionally well with them. Honestly, I think I’d rather see a reality show about families that are doing
I’m now the proud owner of a partially completed second home. Okay, we are going to call it a cabin but it’s a 30X32 building. The first floor is all one large garage. The second floor is a two bedroom 1 bath apartment, I guess you’d call it. When it’s done it will have hardwood floors and granite in the kitchen. I’ve been looking around