Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
I have a confession to make. You know all that talk a couple months ago about being tempted to buy a new truck? Well, it happened. I bought a 2006 Toyota Tacoma with pretty much every option you could get on it. It’s amazing and I have to say, I’m not having any post buying regret. I wrote a check for the entire purchase. It
About a year and a half ago, my wife and I decided to REALLY splurge and went out to dinner at the Keg restaurant near our home. The Keg has outstanding steaks and the service is great. While we were there, we noticed that they had a birthday club card to fill out. It turns out that if you fill out the card, they send
Well, I just read that Tivo is changing their pricing structure. This furthers my speculation that Tivo is a dying company. I’ve got Tivo. If you recall, I got my 140 hour Tivo for free. All I had to do was pay the first years subscription. Any way you slice it, this was a good deal. I fully plan to either get them to lower
I can’t help but draw a comparison between good financial decisions and good eating habits. I’m not sure which is more important. I’d have to lean towards good eating habits simply because money isn’t too valuable if you are dead. (I suppose your heirs might beg to differ with you, but you get the point) Anyway, last weekend was brutal for my goal of eating
Well, I suppose it had to happen sooner or later. My daughter has started spending money. Why is this such a significant event at our house? She’s only 2 and a half years old. Let me explain. We have been letting her use the computer a little bit. We’ve got one of those “notebook mice” (which basically means it’s a miniature version of a standard
If I had a nickel for every time someone snubbed their nose at me for my saving habits I could probably retire now. For some reason people like to offer their point of view in small ways. If you are a saver, you’ve heard them too: “You don’t have caller ID? It’s only $5.95 a month. Dude. Don’t be so cheap” “What are you saving
I just watched the second Oprah “Debt Diet” show. I continue to be struck with how these folks are in denial. hey have all this top quality help and they still aren’t taking it very seriously. They are acting like children who don’t like the adult telling them what to do. I don’t think they’ve truly come to terms with the mess that they are
Well, the net worth took a hit yesterday. My wife and I decided to go look for some night stands for our bedroom. We have been using some homemade night stands for about 6 years and before that, we didn’t have any. I had promised my wife that we could use some of my annual bonus to pick up a couple pieces of furniture to
I was excited to see JLP’s post (AllThingsFinancial) on what Oprah is doing with her friday shows. She calls it the Debt Diet. She is profiling families who are in debt and in need of help. You can view each of the families profiles on her website: The Bradleys: http://www2.oprah.com/money/debtdiet/family The Egglestons: http://www2.oprah.com/money/debtdiet/family The Widlunds: http://www2.oprah.com/money/debtdiet/family My hope is that this attention to a significant
I just got my latest cable/internet bill. Arrrgggghhhh. Total due: $93.00, for one month. It seems my discount for broadband has expired after 6 months (like they said it would). This is the second time I’ve received the discount and the woman told me that they wouldn’t be able to lower it after the last time because I’d received a full year of internet service