Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
It’s times like this that I wish I was rich. Heck, I don’t even need to be filthy rich. Just average rich would be outstanding. I’ve heard people say that rich people just have a different set of problems. Well, I’m ready to try those out for awhile. If I could just find a way to work my way in to that economic demographic. Lately
I’ve been a little absent from the blogging over the last couple weeks. It’s not because I want to be. We just have a ton going on right now. The most significant event over the past few days is that my dad is in the hospital. He’s been in there since last Thursday. Just when the prognosis seems to get better, something else happens and
I’ve often noticed that children mimic their parents in many, many ways. I have to really be careful because my three year old daughter repeats almost everything I say. I’m still not sure how we are going to get her to stop saying “fart”. Of course, I slipped up and said it months ago, and she has never forgotten it. Every few days, I have
I watched a show this weekend that highlighted 7 lottery winners. These lottery winners were a bit unusual because they actually still had a little of their money left. Their jackpots ranged from 2.4 million all the way up to 91 million. The show highlighted how many of these people had been extremely down on their luck before they won. One was living in a
Here’s a great opinion article from the Seattle Times. Just one person’s perspective on the lifelong fight to not try to keep up with the Jones’. Those damn Jones’. A Nagging Compulsion to be Left Behind
Now not only can you compare what you have with your neighbors, but also with people all over the world. I can’t say I’m too excited about this new site:
I just returned from a couple days in Las Vegas with some friends. We had a good time, but I can’t say the gambling was all that hot. I pretty much saw my money take a one way trip while I was there. I think I’d feel a little better about it if they’d tell me which employee I supported, or name a brick after
Yet another story about someone that gets a windfall of $10,000. There is no question that she’ll spend the money, the only question is on what. Just once I’d love to hear someone answer the question, “What are you going to do with the money?” with “Oh, I’m going to invest it in an index mutual fund and sit on it for 30 years”. I
As you all know, my wife and I purchased an unfinished cabin last week. As part of that purchase, we knew that my wife would have to go back to work for awhile. We are able to cover the purchase cost and monthly costs of having it on my salary alone, but that wouldn’t leave much for the rest of the construction costs. (We want
Okay, This one is a bit odd. I think it highlights the fact that slow and steady saving, or in this case, slow and steady stealing, can really add up. This woman stole over $2.3 million dollars to play the lottery. I can only assume that she was hoping to hit a million dollar jackpot with all of this stolen money. Had she just stolen