Author: mnc

7 Tips To Save You Money 13

7 Tips To Save You Money

If you always stick to your budget and save a few dollars a day, then you are on your way to a debt free life. Keeping a budget log where you jot down your...

Opening A New Checking Account 2

Opening A New Checking Account

Awhile back I had mentioned that I was searching for a new bank as I was not happy with some of the changes at my current bank. At the time I had mentioned there...

No Guarantees With Your 401k 7

No Guarantees With Your 401k

The other day I had an opportunity to have a conversation with a gentleman that had worked for a well-known company and suffered a substantial loss in his 401k, resulting in a much more...

Net Worth Update: August 2007 2

Net Worth Update: August 2007

As a means of tracking my progress towards my 2007 goals, I am going to be running this as an on-going series of posts. As a bit of background, here are the opening posts...

Time Travel :: August 2006 0

Time Travel :: August 2006

Last August marked the beginning of this site and was a time when I spent a good deal of time writing to myself as there were not many visitors. Therefore I would like to...

No Contractor Tip :: Hold That Thought 4

No Contractor Tip :: Hold That Thought

Yesterday I had posted about the fact that we would not be tipping the painters that were currently working on our home. However, I now have to tell you that we have altered our...

Another Contractor Going Home With No Tip 4

Another Contractor Going Home With No Tip

Last month I asked all of you the question: Do you tip contractors? The outcome of the poll was that 88% of you said that you do not tip contractors. At first I felt...

Resist The Temptation 8

Resist The Temptation

Today I had the opportunity to practice what I preach to my wife and kids about how to avoid impulse buying and truly evaluating if something is a need versus a want. This morning...