Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
Another week gone. It’s been a good one though. The girls and I went to Chuck E. Cheese last night and there were only a couple other people there. Usually the place is so packed you have to push through a crowd. It was nice to feel like we had the whole place to ourselves. The girls will be at their dads this weekend so
[The following is from Crystal at Budgeting in the Fun Stuff. That’s where she writes about her bills, saving for the future, and making sure to fit in fun stuff along the way.] When I bought my brand new Chevrolet Aveo a few months after I graduated from college in 2005, I understood that I was purchasing a cheap car with good gas mileage that
It’s not quite spring yet but I feel like I’ve already caught the spring cleaning bug. I’ve tackled my closet getting rid of almost half my clothes. I’ve went through old magazines and paperwork and pitched almost everything. And, now I’m about to start on the toys…. I wouldn’t say I’m a minimalist but I definitely hate clutter. When the house is a mess I
What I am doing to earn a living now started out as just a side hustle. I started in my spare time and over the course of a year I was getting pretty busy. There came a point when I felt like I was working two full time jobs. That’s when I had to make the decision: stay at my full time job or take
Happy Valentines Day! My daughters and I are having our own mini celebration today. We’re having our version of a fancy dinner, which I’m hoping will be a lot of fun for them. Other than that just a low key weekend. On to some good posts from others. From Dear Debt: What is Your Earliest Money Memory? I honestly have no idea what my earliest
So, as you may know I got a little itch to take some of my money and buy individual stocks. While my picks have widely fluctuated I can’t help but want to put even more of my savings in stocks. This is kind of weird because as of today I’m down about 10 percent. Still. I’m finding it hard to resist the urge. So, before
I’ve been reading The Happiness Project off and on over the last couple of months. I’ve finally gotten to the chapter where author, Gretchen Rubin, tries to buy happiness with material items. While my impression is that she is rather unsuccessful at this, her findings can be summed up as follows: Buying items that increase your quality of life make you happy Shopping can make
My brother had his second baby this Wednesday. Very exciting! My nephew stayed the night with me a couple nights while my brother stayed with his wife at the hospital. Despite the latest round of snow and ice we did make it up to the hospital so that he could see his new little sister. Here are some pictures of what town looked like this
I was recently doing research on the top careers that make $100,000 or more. As I began to type in “how to make $100,000” Google’s recommended searches came up. And there it was “How to Make $100,000 fast” Curiosity killed me. I wondered how often this was searched for, so I logged into my keyword tool and checked it out. Turns out it’s searched for
A couple weeks ago my aunt, who I’m very close with, went to California to visit with a family member. She called me during her trip excited about all of the information she was learning about choosing individual stocks. The family member that she visited is retired and buys and sells individual stocks as a hobby. And, apparently she does pretty well. My aunt got
