Showing posts with label Easy Living Decor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easy Living Decor. Show all posts
Friday, April 22, 2016

Keeping Up With the Joneses - Part I

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So, for the past few years, probably five or so, more and more of my friends and peers, and even people who report up to me at work (so, I...
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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Aspirational Housing

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Great article by author Michael Lewis of The Blind Side fame regarding the perils of expensive housing.  Even a very rich man like Michael...
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Thursday, January 23, 2014

$300 Rule & $100 Rule

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As I have  previously posted , I have a long standing goal to have plantation shutters installed in two bedrooms in our home.  But, since pl...
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

2014 Additional Goals - Update

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I  posted earlier of my multi-year goal to update the widow treatments in our home and my plan for 2014 to make progress on this goal. We...
Monday, June 24, 2013

No to Zip Code

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I am one of those consumers that says no to most questions at the end of the transaction.  No to rewards card.  No to email receipt.  No to ...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Drinking and Shopping Don't Mix

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I enjoyed this fun  Atlantic Wire post on shopping under the influence .  I have been to enough Palm Beach charity events over the years t...
Monday, November 26, 2012

Executing on the Holiday Plan

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Earlier, I posted about our holiday plan and budget and since its Cyber Monday it is time for me to start executing on our plan. As I pr...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Cooking Baby Steps - Part II

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I have started researching the best (but not super expensive) cooking tools and I found this helpful list from Consumer Reports. I actu...
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Monday, November 5, 2012

2012 Savings Goals - November Update

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(1) Max out 401k(s) - $31,379 (92%)(goal is $34,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) - $5,829 (58%)(goal is $10,000) (3) Add to e/r fund - $8,400 (84%...
Thursday, November 1, 2012

Happy Days - Part III

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Earlier I posted about my  recent raise and retroactive pay , related to my raise, and how I wanted to spend those monies.  I decided that ...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Happy Days

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Good news, I  received a 5% raise yesterday at work.  And further good news is that the raise is retroactive for a few months.  Whoo-hoo! ...
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

eBay Errors

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So, like many brides, when Mr. Sam and I got married, we registered for fine china.  I registered for a brand and pattern of china that ha...
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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Headboard Project

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Working on my headboard project today. A few weeks ago, on bulk trash day, I spied an old, painted, wood headboard that had been set out f...
Monday, July 23, 2012

Refinance Part 7

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We just received our Refi appraisal report (the rough draft, we don't have the signed one with all the photos yet). And the good news ...
Monday, July 16, 2012

Refinance Part 6

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I am physically sore today after all the work this past weekend.  And, I only worked a day and a half, Mr. Sam worked two and a half days. ...
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Friday, July 13, 2012

Refinance Part 4

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We were supposed to go away this weekend, but instead we'll be spending the next three days on shining up our home to put it in the best...
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Sunday, July 8, 2012

The Perils of Keeping Up

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Mr. Sam and I live in an eclectic historic small city.  Our 1920s era home is large for the era, 2200 square feet, plus we have a detached t...
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Can I Afford It?

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I just returned from another fabulous, annual Memorial Day weekend girls trip.  The trip was expensive, nice hotel, pricey flight, fabulous ...
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Thursday, March 22, 2012

A Few of My Favorite Blogs (not about money or personal finances)

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I am a reader.  I read books, articles, blogs, etc.  I've gathered up a few of my favorite non-money blogs and sites for your enjoyment....
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Friday, March 9, 2012

Additional 2012 Goals

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We still need a new accountant, so that is a priority goal for 2012.  Additionally, I would like to get our debt load below $565,000. As f...