Monthly Archives: April, 2009
A Fresh Start
It’s almost May, which means that one-third of the year 2009 is gone! I don’t know about you, but time seems to have flown by, and it seems like only days ago, I was writing down my 2009 resolutions. (Remember those? Yeah, that’s that pesky list of things we promised we would do in 2009. [...]
The Great eBay Purge Begins!
I’ve snuck away for a few minutes. My wife and I are going through our house, room by room, and doing a major spring cleaning. We are looking for three things – items to sell on eBay, items to put into storage, and items to throw away. As of this morning, we have thirty items [...]
Back From A Week Of Taking Care Of Business
Whew. What a week! I’ve been “away” for a week, taking care of several little odds-and-ends. I use quotations marks, because I haven’t actually been away. I simply took a few days, set them aside, and just plowed-through a series of once-every-year type tasks. Instead of spacing these tasks out over the course of several [...]
Several Ounces Of Prevention
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. -Benjamin Franklin Moving beyond the day-to-day management of my personal finances, it’s important that I think about strategies which will promote long term financial stability. Lately, I’ve been thinking about insurance, end-of-life documents, and organization. Mundane topics, to be sure, but it pays for me [...]
