Monthly Archives: May, 2007

Ideas About Preparing For Vacation

My family and I will be going on vacation in a few weeks. Here’s my “to-do” list in preparation for heading to the beach: Around The House: I’ll have a good friend come by and check on the place once or twice while we are gone. I’ll ask him to pick up the mail, water [...]

I Only Focus On One Account At A Time

I have big plans for 2007. I am trying to save 60% of our gross income. While our pretax retirement contributions are made on a monthly basis (by our employers), I like to focus on our other investment (or savings) accounts, one at a time. I think of it like a debt snowball in reverse. [...]

Sitting Down To Plan Our Summer (Awesome Site For Free Calendars)

My wife and I sat down tonight to plan our summer. My wife is a school teacher and classes will be out in about 2 weeks, so it was time for us to think about our upcoming vacation, family events, etc. Basically, I used Calendars That Work to print out calendars for May, June, July, [...]

Consumerist, Site Changes, Subscribe To NCN

I came home from lunch to a pleasant surprise. The Consumerist linked to my article about selling baby clothes on eBay. Traffic really began to spike around 9AM Eastern. I’d like to thank the good folks over at The Consumerist for the link-love. If you’re a longtime No Credit Needed reader, you’ll note that I’ve [...]