Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the proposed tax rebate that our fearless leaders in Washington have been working on. Is this really a good thing for our economy/country? Everything I’ve been reading says that the benefit is negotiable at best. I’ve read articles that say that many of the people receiving the rebates would simply save it. That doesn’t
Blew A Little Money Today
I finally found one. A WII, that is. I’ve been wanting to buy a Nintendo WII for quite awhile but haven’t been able to find one. Today I went to a grand opening of a Fred Meyer store and got there just in time to get the last one. I hadn’t intended on going there but heard they were having a grand opening while I
You Should Really Read This Article: Simplicity
http://thinksimplenow.com/clarity/the-simple-life What can I say? This article nails it. I think about this often. Instead of trying to always have the latest and greatest, I know I need to focus on appreciating what I do have. Once you acquire something, you then have to care and feed it. It takes up space, you want to protect it, you begin to put your valuable time towards
Keep A Sharp Eye Out For Deals
Last night my wife, daughter and I headed out to Costco to buy a queen size bed for the lake house. We didn’t do any comparison shopping to find the best deal on the bed because we previously needed a queen size bed (for the house) and found Costco to have the best price for the quality mattress they are selling. When we got there
Deep Thoughts About Money – Okay, I’m Exaggerating
It’s Saturday morning and I’m finding myself sitting in my home office relaxing. It has been so long since we’ve just taken a weekend at home to relax that I have to admit, it’s kind of nice. Normally, I’d already be out working on the lake house, but we are getting so close on that, I decided to just take it easy this weekend. The
We Are Close to Locking Down Spending
Well, our lake house is nearly complete. I hope to get a final inspection in the next few weeks. This is exciting for a number of reasons. 1) We will finally get to use the place. We’ve been working on it for so long, it almost seems weird to actually sleep there. 2) We can finally stop spending so much money on the place. I’m
Our Honda Accord Broke Down
Ugggh. It’s the first breakdown we’ve experienced since we made the commitment to drive older cars and not upgrade every time we get a wild hair up our xxx. Last Thursday my wife called me on her way to work to say that many of the lights on the dashboard were stuck on and the car was making a funny noise. Luckily this happened about
Blog Issues
Sorry for the lack of posting lately. My handy dandy blogging software (Windows Live Writer) doesn’t like my blog these days. It all stems from the last upgrade of WordPress that I did. Arrrrgghhh. Also, please don’t assume that my lack of a blogroll right now means that I don’t want to link to all of my friends and favorite PF blogs. It’s all part
Man Buys Truck With Loose Change
An Indiana man has just purchased a $25,000 Dodge truck with the change he has saved over 13 years. Wow. While I admire his feat of saving that much change over the years and I really admire the fact that he didn’t buy the truck on credit, I have to wonder how much sooner he could have bought that truck if he had simply put
It Pays To Shop Around
A few weeks ago we decided it was time to upgrade the laptop. My wife wanted a newer laptop and asked if she could have mine and then we could buy a new one for me to use. While I’m always happy to get a new laptop, I really didn’t want to spend the money. As a general rule, I won’t buy any electronics or