Hump Day May 24, 2017
What is hump day? It’s Wednesday. The hump to your work week. 2 days down and 2 days to go.
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Low spending month- Week 3
Week 3 has come and gone of our low spending month. I thought it was going well until I did
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Finance books for recent grads
I have two cousins graduating high school this month. I was wondering what I should get them for graduation. There is always the gift card which is quite lame in my opinion. Might as well give them cash. There is a personalized clock from Things Remembered. I have about 20 of these sitting in a bin in the garage. No thank you! So what do you get them?
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Hump day- Wednesday May 17, 2017
Today we discuss BART and why it is not in Marin County, SMART trains, simplicity in finance, the history of FIRE and more.
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Low spending month- Week 2
This is week 2 of our low spending month and I am going to be honest…it is not going well. We are having a great month. Life is not stressful. But we are spending more then either of us would like. None of these were must have expenses, but let’s see where we are. Last week if you remember I detailed how we spent $1,859 here. Not a great job, but how does it compare to this week?
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Bad mother’s day gift ideas…from the Chief Mom Officer
Today is this site’s first Guest Post! I am honored to have Chief Mom Officer write a post for my adolescent site. She has many great things over on her own site where she talks about parenting, finances, and how mom’s do it. Honestly I have no idea how my wife does it! My favorite posts are the Millionaire, Breadwinner, or Six Figure Moms. Go check it out right now….well after you read the following post on Mother’s Day gift ideas!
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Giving stuff away is rewarding- Spring cleaning
Two weekends ago I got a bee in my bonnet. Yup there are lots of bees in Northern California, and while I hear they are endangered, my yard tells me otherwise. Anyway, it was Spring time and I had to clean house. So the spring cleaning process began.
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Hump Day – May 10th, 2017
On this hump day we see how Ludacris reads Llama Llama. We also see some of the best articles of the week from relationships to mortgages.
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Low spending month- Week 1
Ever since moving to Cali and buying a home we have been hemorrhaging money. It is not the fixed expenses like the
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An evaluation of our monthly expenses
I think once in awhile (at least annually) it is good to see what our fixed monthly expenses are and if we can decrease them. So I reviewed our monthly fixed expenses (I do this monthly) but sat down and thought of ways we could reduce them.
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Hump Day May 3, 2017
What is hump day? The Wednesday made famous by these Geico commercials ! On hump days I will be sharing articles, videos, or other form of entertainment.
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