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...
Monthly Archive: August 2007
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
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
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...
List Of The Best Financial Advice
Brian over at FinancialDominance.com has tagged me to participate in the My One Money Advice meme. This meme was started by Pinoyo over at Moolanomy in an effort to help promote financial responsibility and...
Discover Your Money Personality
In the discussion on the post about how to setup laddered certificates, Mark Anderesen made a comment that touched on the money personalities of people. When you evaluate a financial product or service, you...
How to Setup Laddered Certificates
Mark Andersen from Financingyourfamily.com is a banking professional who loves what he does and shares his insight into a little-known banking strategy. A common situation that befalls the members I work with goes like...
More Invites To The Motley Fool
Still looking for an invite to The Motley Fool? The 20 invitations that I had available disappeared quickly but one of the people that I invited is offering his invitations as well. The last...
Feeling Out of Touch with Finances
How often do you balance your checkbook and check on bills? The routine that I typically use is to call our “bank-by-phone” number or log into our online account once per week to do...
Net Worth Update: July 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...
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