For thirty-five years I got paid every two weeks. Now I get a check once a month. It just takes some planning and organization. I have always paid the bills first. Then I budget whatever is left to cover my recurring cash expenses–gasoline, food, whatever. I never gave myself a salary or an allowance. It [...]
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Don’t Flip That House, Fix This House
Hubby and Baby Boy (grown up into LA) are television junkies. They watch everything including infomercials. One day I found them sitting at the table making lists. They wanted to buy the 40 year old ranch down the road, unoccupied for a couple of years. It seems that they were watching Flip This House and [...]
Mandatory Insurance Doesn’t Mean Mandatory Claim Processing
Back in 2005, my car tire had a blowout. The car went out of control and careened into a roadside wall of cement. The car didn’t make it, was towed away and eventually totalled. An ambulance rushed me to a nearby reputable trauma center. After an ER visit, four days of hospitalization, many tests and [...]
An Opportunity Gone By
We know many people who hire out their housecleaning, lawn maintenance, and pool care. Those same people get contractors in for their carpentry, electric, and plumbing work. They take their cars to the dealership, book their vacations through a travel agent, and eat out more often than not. $$$$ Hubby and I are both do [...]
New Years Is A Good Time To Consider Home Remodeling
Hey, it’s winter and the economy remains tight. Builders aren’t framing many new houses. The real estate market is s-l-o-w. Contractors are scarce on work. Meanwhile, your family is growing and that starter home you moved into years ago hasn’t gotten any bigger. Of course, you can try to sell in a bad money market. [...]
What Was Once Protection Is Now Investment
The day my first born came into the world was the day I decided she needed life insurance to protect her IF. Two generations later I no longer worry about that particular contingency. It was smart for me to buy back when I was young as the annual premiums set were much lower. I still [...]
On Turning On The Christmas Lights
I live in a Gold Medallion TOTAL Electric Home. Back in the mid-60′s it was the wave of the future. Then when Nixon declared an energy crisis and building gas heated homes was temporarily verboten, it was the only way to go. Times have changed, and I tell you that my electric bill is astronomical [...]
