Archive for January, 2010
Online Deposits – I’ll Never Set Foot in a Credit Union Lobby Again
I was absolutely thrilled to discover that my credit union now offers online deposits. For the last few years, I’ve really dreaded getting physical checks from people because it meant that I’d have to plan a trip to an ATM or one of my credit union lobbies. Don’t get me wrong, the people at my [...]
Lottery Winner Killed the Same Day She Gets Her Check
I think alanis morissette wrote a song called ironic. This probably should have been included. Deborah McDonald was hit and killed by a car in northern Ohio on the same day that she received a lottery check for $5520. While that isn’t a huge amount of money, apparently it was more than she’s used to. [...]
Blogging Away Debt: Recognizing Good Banks
If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that I’m not a huge fan of banks. I used to use banks exclusively and then I discovered credit unions. Without question I still believe if you have a choice between a good solid credit union and a large national bank, you [...]
Have you Protected Your Identity at Home?
A couple of months ago I was sitting in my living room when a thought occurred to me. What would I lose if someone broke in to my house? Besides the loss of a sense of security, I was mostly concerned with what additional impact the break in would have on us. For the most [...]
What Should Your Net Worth Be at 38?
Everyone has different financial goals in life. For a long time it was the ambition of many people to have a million dollars by the time they retire. Unfortunately a million dollars isn’t quite what it used to be but it’s still a substantial sum of money. As I’ve continued to save and invest over [...]
The Internet is a Great Value
I have always marveled at all the things you can do on the Internet. The creativity that people express is absolutely mind boggling and the fact that the majority of it is free never ceases to amaze me. The latest thing that I’ve gotten a lot of entertainment from is Facebook. You know it’s probably [...]
Boston Gals “Money Series”
Boston Gal has been profiling various people in her “Money Series” posts for quite awhile now and I’ve been meaning to link over to her category. I love reading about other people’s finances, although lately it seems that it’s more about people’s hardships, which I don’t like nearly as much as reading about people that [...]
MadameX Looks at Her Income VS Expenses From the Last 7 Years
My old blogging friend, MadameX has put up a great post about her income and expenses over the last 7 years. She has done an OUTSTANDING job at managing her finances and has reaped the benefits of that with a very impressive amount of saving each year. All this while living in New York, dealing [...]
A Look at Mint.com
I’ve been using Mint.com for over a year now and it seems like a good time to walk through the features and offer up my “likes” and “dislikes”. Let me start out by saying that there is no question I like this application. It’s clean, it works and it’s causing us to watch our finances [...]
Family Gives Up Their Lifestyle to Help Others
Parade has a great article about a family that moved in to their dream home but ultimately sold it, bought a house that was much smaller and half the price, and then donated the difference to charity. One thing that I found interesting about their story is that doing this didn’t hurt their family, rather [...]