Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
About 6 years ago I bought a table top table saw. It was $129 and was pretty much the cheapest way to go. The table saw I really wanted was $450 plus and there was no way I could justify spending that much. So, I sucked it up and bought the cheapy. Add on the $40 table for it and I was up to $169.Â
My wife and daughter went for a walk this morning and were gone about 20 minutes when the phone rang. My wife had taken her cel phone and was out on her walk. She asked me to drive over to where they were to check out a garage sale. I’ll confess that I normally HATE garage sales. My stubborn point of view is that we
I suppose it was inevitable. My daughter has reached that precious milestone of wanting everything she sees in the store and she believes with the right approach, she’ll get it. I guess it’s been slowly evolving, but I really noticed it last time we went to the store. She’s almost 3 years old and firmly has a grasp on the idea that getting more “things” is
You know something. It’s about this time every year when my wife and I look at our calendar and realize that just about every weekend for our entire summer is booked. Between the birthday parties for all of our family, planned trips, and just random other “get togethers” we are pretty much packed. The other part of this story is that a lot of these
I got an email late last week from my hosting provider (Dreamhost) Apparently there was something going on with my database that was causing a spike on the db server. They opted to just disable my site on Friday. Well, I started getting a little frustrated when I hadn’t heard anything by Saturday night. By monday, I was getting mad. It just kind of struck
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/17/national Students are facing their highest debt burdens ever. They are quickly closing in on the $23k cap for student loans and are going to have to turn to the blood sucking commercial banks for more. http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/17/markets/markets_newyork Is the market starting a long fall? If it does, the more cash you have to buy at bargain basement prices, the better. I’ve got a reserve account
We are off to the family cabin to spend the day with all of my family, including my mother. :) It should be a great day. The weather is clear and sunny with temperatures going in to the mid 70’s. We are taking our Seadoo up with us and my sister is bringing her boat as well. All the nephews are very excited to go
Yeah, I know I have. We have saved a TON of money by having Tivo. We don’t rent nearly as many movies as we used to. If you recall, we spent a total of $155 to get a 140hr Tivo unit and that also covered the first year of service. (The deal was that we got a brand new 140 hour unit if we prepaid
It’s been a rough weekend. Saturday evening I got sick and didn’t sleep all night. I stayed in bed all day Sunday which is the first time I’ve done that in about 20 years. Between sleeping and getting up to be sick again, I watched a little TV. As I flipped through the channels, I finally came upon a show called “The Real Housewives of
You may recall that a few months ago I posted about buying someone’s wheels and tires from their Toyota. I always find this is a great way to get new tires (and a new set of wheels) for about the price of new tires alone. Then I can sell my old wheels and end up getting new tires for about half price. Well, you may