Monthly Archives: January 2007
Take Charge of Your Life and Money
| January 10, 2007 | Posted by derek under General, Savings |
Do you ever feel like your money controls your life? Do you have a lot of things that you would like to do but somehow never seem to find the time or money? If this is the case, the best way to take charge of your life and your money is to have a plan.… continue reading
Free Investing Courses
| January 9, 2007 | Posted by derek under Retirement & Investing |
It is always nice to continue reading and learning about different investment ideas and strategies, particularly when it can be done for free. Over at Morningstar.com, they have an Investing Classroom where they offer free courses on investing. Their courses cover just about everything you need to know, from the basics to advanced techniques. One… continue reading
Money Personalities of Children
| January 7, 2007 | Posted by derek under Budgeting, Live Below Your Means |
This afternoon I received a nice example of the money personalities of our two children and they are beginning to become quite different from each other. With both of them having birthdays in the later part of the year and just passing the holiday season, they have accumulated a fair amount of money. Today we… continue reading
I Know I Should…So Why Don’t I?
| January 7, 2007 | Posted by derek under Savings |
As last month came to a close and I completed my ritual of updating my net worth spreadsheet, I sat there wondering why I still have my emergency savings sitting in my ING Direct account. I’ve had my funds at ING Direct since back when they were actually a market leader with the rates they… continue reading
Facelift for My New Choice
| January 7, 2007 | Posted by derek under General |
Today I spent some time and re-worked the look and feel of My New Choice, hopefully you will find it a little more pleasing. While I liked the old layout, I think it felt a little too crowded and the content area was not large enough. With this new layout, I have removed one of… continue reading
Site Maintenance
| January 6, 2007 | Posted by derek under General |
This afternoon I have been spending some time with some maintenance and upgrades to the items under the covers that are responsible for running this website. While I am doing my best to update everything in place without an impact to the website, there is the potential for problems to occur. In addition to the… continue reading
Fly for a Nickel
| January 5, 2007 | Posted by derek under Live Below Your Means |
I just came across this promotion from SpiritAir to fly for a nickel, restrictions apply of course and tickets must be purchased by 11:59pm ET today but maybe someone can take advantage of the offer. From my originating city, there are only a couple of desitnations and the travel must be completed on a Tuesday/Wednesday… continue reading
OfficeMax Under Fire
| January 5, 2007 | Posted by derek under General |
For those that might not have heard about this yet, apparently OfficeMax had a Verbatim 4GB USB Flash Drive advertised on their website for $17.98. Obviously that is a great price and people were lining up to place their orders, with some reports of people buying them in the store for that price. For most… continue reading
Lessons from a Dot Com Mogul
| January 4, 2007 | Posted by derek under General |
For the last few months, I have been a very regular reader of JohnChow.com and have found a wealth of knowledge on the site to satisfy numerous interests of mine. Recently John proposed an offer to his readers where he will provide a link back to any site that writes a review of his site.… continue reading
Sugar Bowl in HD
| January 3, 2007 | Posted by derek under General |
About two weeks ago, I purchased a 19″ LCD HDTV (capable) that was on sale but had yet to visit my local cable company to pick up the cable box for their HD service. This afternoon I was out running errands and stopped by one of the cable company’s offices and picked up the HD… continue reading
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