Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
About a week ago I was driving my 2000 Toyota Tacoma truck with my seven year old daughter riding shotgun. We were heading over to my mom’s house for a short visit, which required us to drive across a valley, up a pretty steep, long hill and then along the Puget Sound for a bit. As we started up the long hill my truck started
Seems like kind of a harsh question to ask, but I think it’s a necessary one. A number of years ago my wife and I purchased a $100,000 term life insurance policy on me. My rationale was that we were young and didn’t have much debt and that was enough to get my wife back on her feet after dealing with my death. Fast forward
As I posted earlier, I was recently shopping for a clothes dryer after ours decided to quit working. I have to say, it was not an enjoyable experience. In the end, I managed to avoid the purchase and pick up a used one for nearly nothing from a neighbor, but the process that I went through to get to that point sucked. When I first
It never fails. We renew our commitment to build our savings to a higher level and things start breaking. In this case, our dryer decided to stop working. Knowing that you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to work on a dryer, I did some testing and discovered that the main control board in the dryer was shot. I researched the price for the
I found myself over at Get Rich Slowly today reading his post called: “Bigger Isn’t Always Better: Remembering to Appreciate What I Already Have†and a number of things came to mind. First the synopsis. JD took the long route home yesterday which included walking past a number of large “mansion†type houses. As he walked along, he found himself thinking about what it would
It’s finally summer around here and I’m thrilled. The months of cold blustery weather seemed to go on forever and I can easily recall longing for the days of warmth. While the weather hasn’t exactly been “epic†heat or anything so far (in fact it’s been uncharacteristically cooler in May and June in the Pacific Northwest), the weather is still much better than the typical
Well, now that it’s been a couple days, I’m happy to report that the Iphone has magically turned on!!! I’m still going to give it a couple more days to dry out but it seems to mostly work. (It seems to have a delay when placing calls). Just in case it doesn’t come back to life fully, I’ve wiped it clean so I can feel
As you know, we ran my Iphone through the clothes washer yesterday. While that was traumatic, I think dealing with AT&T today has actually been worse. While the customer service agents have been pleasant, they haven’t been helpful. You see, I’ve run in to illogical business rules from AT&T. A friend of mine happened to offer me his old 1st generation Iphone to get me
UGGHHHHH. I was sitting in the living room at home when I heard my wife’s voice from the laundry room. “You’re not going to like this!†she yelled. My first thought was that my shorts had turned a bright pink, or one of my new tshirts was a light blue. I was absolutely shocked when she walked in the room holding my Iphone. “Nooooo!â€, I
Krispy Kreme is giving away a free doughnut in celebration of national doughnut day (who knew). Run by Krispy Kreme and get your free doughnut but don’t wait because it only happens TODAY.
