Our county had our annual Fall Festival today. After trying in futility to corral all kinds of parade traffic, and after doing some hearing tests for the Lions Club, I went around to the vendors inside. I ran across someone I had done some website work for before. It speaks to my lack of self-confidence … Read more
If keeping your day job is the cake, then investing in yourself outside of your day job is at least the icing, or maybe even another four or five cakes’ worth. But if that sounds like way too much work, there’s always the chance you can hit the jackpot by suing the entity that consumed … Read more
My wife and mother-in-law are doing some painting in our new house, in addition to a few other things. I have the color coordination sense of a doorknob but my wife more than makes up for this. She’s very creative, and loves to make things pretty. She’s able to do wonders re-purposing items by dressing … Read more
Cutting costs anywhere that makes sense adds to that budgetary cushion that can be used to pay off debt, add to an emergency fund, save for college, or anything else. One fairly easy way to do this is to reduce, or eliminate, trips to the vending machines down the hall. The markup in our building … Read more
(This is a guest post from Kris Bickell. For more tips on getting out of debt and turning around your financial situation, visit www.debt-tips.com. You’ll learn the actual debt elimination tips he used to get completely out of debt.) If only money grew on trees … life would certainly be easier! But of course, it … Read more
The author’s marketing company kindly sent me a complimentary company of Bill Schultheis’ latest reworking of his book: The New Coffeehouse Investor. According to the “about the author” section in the book, Mr. Schultheis is an investment adviser with Soundmark Wealth Management, LLC, a fee-only registered investment adviser located in Kirkland, Washington. In the preface … Read more
Making it through tougher times may mean cutting out or cutting back, but if coffee is your thing, then you can make decent or even great coffee on a budget! I’m not a “coffee snob” so these tips are a trade-off between taste, cost, and time. There are the kinds of things I do to … Read more
I had served dinner at a homeless shelter once. It was a few years ago. Tuesday afternoon I was talking with a friend about the economy, the bailouts, etc. We differ in opinion on how things should be handled — he’s anti-business and I’m free market — but I let it be known that it … Read more