Showing posts with label General Musings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General Musings. Show all posts
Monday, June 27, 2016

10 Year Reviw - Part I (The Beginning)

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Mr. Sam and I will be celebrating 10 years of marriage this fall.  As a result, I'm starting to think about what we've accomplished,...
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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, July 31, 2014

Mr. Sam's 401K

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After more than a year, Mr. Sam is finally eligible for his 401k.  And it even comes with a match.  Hooray! To start, since we are having ...
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Monday, July 14, 2014

Fidelity Faux Paux

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So, yesterday I spent some time on our finances, paying bills, updating our savings chart, updating our net worth numbers, etc. I was on t...
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Monday, June 23, 2014

Rainy Day News

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News today on Americans lack of savings .  Since our emergency fund has taken a hit this year (more on that later), I can relate to this new...
Monday, January 20, 2014

Wrap Your Mind Around These Numbers

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Nbc.news reports  that the richest 85 people in the world now hold the same amount of wealth held by 3.5 billion (yes, B - billion) poorest ...
Thursday, January 2, 2014

Red Lobster and the Middle Class

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Interesting  article from cnn.com about the impending demise of Red Lobster and the continued squeeze of the middle class. Reading the au...
Thursday, December 19, 2013

Stock Sale - Update

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Back in October I  posted about my hot stock dilemma and trying to figure out when and how to plan my stock sales (since I'm more of a ...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

I Love Numbers!

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A couple weeks back  I posted an update on our debt progress .  From 11/2012 - 11/2013 we paid off almost $35,000 in debt.  At this point in...
Thursday, November 14, 2013

Time for 2014 Goal Planning

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Since it is November, it is time to start thinking about our 2014 annual spending plan and our 2014 savings goals. First on the list, 20...
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Monday, November 4, 2013

2013 Savings Goals - November Update

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(1) Max out 401k(s) -        $26,231 (75%)  (goal is $35,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) -         $11,000 (100%)  (goal is $11,000) completed (3)...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

2013 IRA

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Today, I funded my 2013 IRA, $5,500 into my traditional, non-deductible IRA.  Once the transfer from my Wells Fargo account to my Fidelity t...
Monday, October 14, 2013

Good News - Salary Adjustment

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Last month I posted on  the impact of The Great Recession on our career and salary . Overall, our salaries from our professional careers we...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Small Fries

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Last weekend, Mr. Sam and I rented a two movies from  Red Box  and one of our selections didn't play.  This has happened to us before, I...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

2012 Taxes

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Today I (Mr. Sam is out of town) met with the CPA and completed our 2012 taxes.  We owe the IRS, which is par for course sine we got audited...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

2008 - 2013 The Great Recession Check Up - Part III

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Okay, so far we are one and one.  While we are doing well on our savings/retirement plan,  see Part II , our occupation based salary is flat...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

So, More on the Good News

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I wanted to share more about Mr. Sam's new job. First, the positives.  Mr. Sam obtained new employment while he was still receiving se...
Thursday, August 22, 2013

FitBit Data - Update # 1

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Earlier  I posted about my new FitBit and improving my fitness through data. A week or so into using the FitBit, I've determined the f...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

Improvement Through Data - Fitness

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As someone who has improved their finances by utilizing data, I am a fan of tracking data.  For our personal finances, we use Quicken to tra...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

How Low Can You Limbo

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In addition to our primary home mortgage, we have three other mortgages on our investment properties.  In working on updating our  net worth...