Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
We’ve all heard the phrase, “Keeping up with the Jones’”. If you don’t know what that means, it’s really quite simple. Basically it is a phrase used when one person compares what they have to what someone they associate with has. That sounded a little confusing. Let me give you an example: Bob lives at 123 Main Street. From the outside, it looks like Bob
Yahoo has a good article explaining how all the taxes that you send in are spent. Here are the highlights: Social Security: 21% Military: 20% Aid to the Needy: 16% Medicare: 15% Interest on the Debt: 10% Health and Education: 4% Civilian and Military Retirements: 4% Veterans Benefits: 3% Transportation: 3% Other: 6% So there you have it. I have to admit it’s pretty amazing
There is a great post over at Scottburns.com about Home Depot. I remember reading Scott’s column regarding his experience at Home Depot and I just shook my head. I have had my share of frustrating experiences there. Most of the time it’s related to the length of time it takes to get through the checkout lines. I’ve literally sat there for 25-30 minutes to get
I’m home sick today. Both my daughter and I are sick so we are just going to take it easy today. She is getting to watch more TV than we normally let her watch, but she is such a good sport about not feeling well, that we think it’s okay. On a slightly related note, it occurred to me that she isn’t getting a lot
Last week I saw a preview of an upcoming Oprah show about what happens to people when they experience a financial windfall. As most people that read PF blogs would guess, it doesn’t usually turn out too well. I finally got a chance to watch the Oprah show that I had Tivo’d last week and found it pretty interesting. First there was a lady that
You can thank me later for pointing you to this article that just screams “resourceful”. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go see if I can find some filet mignon behind my grocery store. http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/1…
Just spreading the love a little here. This blog post is pretty darned good. I found that it gets better towards the end. I particularly enjoyed the statements about spending a weeks worth of salary on one pair of pants. SHE tries to explain to someone that rich people don’t do this, to which that person says, “Yes they do. I see them wearing this
Every now and then I wonder if I’m too much of a tightwad. I’ll confess that there are a few things I do to try to keep our costs down. In no particular order: Religiously turn off the lights (and usually turn on the CFL bulbs instead of regular light bulbs (We have some of each in the house due to preferences) Try to go
I read an article awhile back that talked about the new age of keeping up with the Jones’. Basically, the article stated that rather than trying to keep up with their neighbors, people were starting to try to keep up with what they see on TV. I can find no better example of this than what happened in our neighborhood recently. I was outside talking
And the fees just keep on rising…….. This is a brief article that points out that ATM fees and bounced check fees continue to rise. The average charge for using an ATM that you don’t hold an account at is $1.64. For those people who get charged by their own bank as well, it could put you over $3 to get your own money out