Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
Most of the time I feel fortunate to live in the Seattle area in the Pacific Northwest. The one time that I don’t appreciate the Seattle area is during the drab months of winter and early Spring. This year seems to have been particularly dark, rainy and gloomy. I was hoping that my quick trip to Las Vegas would feed my body’s need for sun
It feels good to be home after having spent a few days in Las Vegas. While the weather wasn’t outstanding, it was warm enough to lay out by the pool and get a little bit of a sunburn. I was hoping to get a nice tan while I was down there but I ended up only tanning my liver. Lot’s of delicious drinks and way
If you’ve been reading all the personal finance sites on the Internet you know that it’s important to sweat the small stuff when it comes to keeping your spending in check but it’s REALLY critical to sweat the big stuff. We’ve been doing a great job of keeping our expenses low (saving 52% of our income now) by watching what we spend our money on
Jamba Juice has decided to get in to the breakfast food game and is offering $1 bowls of oatmeal in March. All you need to do is print out this coupon! http://www.oatmealforabuck.com/
For the past year or so when I was working at home I would just happen to glance out my office window at just the right time to see the gorgeous blonde house cleaner arrive across the street. After a few months of this, I happened to notice that she normally showed up on Wednesdays and I’d guess she comes every two weeks. It became
I’ve been reading a lot about all the possible gloom and doom that can be realized when the majority of citizens start saving more. While no one disagrees that saving is good, we’re starting to hear from more and more "experts" that saving is really best done during economic boom times. It turns out that saving during an economic downturn only makes things worse. Unfortunately,
Here’s an interesting twist on the home foreclosure front. People around the country are having success in getting additional time to avoid foreclosure by requesting that the lender produce the original mortgage documents to prove that they have responsibility for the mortgage and have a right to foreclose on the property. It’s no secret that I’m not super duper sympathetic for many of the people
I can afford the payment. I responsibly only borrowed what I could truly afford. I’ve stayed debt free with no credit card debt, car loans or anything other than a mortgage. I save and invest regularly. I’m pretty much doing all I can to be a financially responsible citizen. Unfortunately our society doesn’t seem to reward good behavior. In my daughter’s kindergarten class there are
Sometimes I lay awake at night, worrying about all those people in Las Vegas that need our help. Without tourists, there won’t be rooms to clean, food to serve, maintenance to perform, security to manage and Craps tables to watch. It is with this concern that I have decided it is time to help. Okay, I’m not being completely honest here. While I do share
With the economy in the toilet we’ve been doing our part to make it worse by eating at home almost exclusively. We’ve actually noticed a reduction in our food spending and we’ve been eating some really good quality meals at the same time. It’s no secret that I LOVE Costco. The meat there is very good quality. I’ve never been disappointed with a cut of
