Friday, August 29, 2008

2008 Savings Goal #2 - Done!

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2008 goals: (1) 2007 IRA - $8000 (this goal is now closed) (2) Car fund - $17000 ( this goal has been completed! ) (3) E/R fund - $10000 (t...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Updates to Net Worth and Savings Goals

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Net Worth We have received our 2008 appraisal and real estate tax information for our Florida properties. Not surprisingly, our appraised va...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Sam's Dumbest Financial Move

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Fascinating article in The New York Times (as part of the interesting Debt Trap series) on how banks used advertising to change the way Am...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Zen and the Art of Lower Dry Cleaning Bills

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In the past 30 days we have spent $249 on dry cleaning. Yikes!! Over a year, we could end up spending $3000 on dry cleaning. Double yikes!! ...

Tropical Storm Fay

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Blustery, rainy day today in South Florida due to Tropical Storm Fay. This is damage at one of the horse facilities that are inland in South...
Monday, August 18, 2008

Life Insurance - Term vs. Whole??

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One of the tasks on our 2008 to do list is to buy more life insurance. We both have small life insurance policies through work, but we have ...

Snarfle

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Snarfle just had his yearly check up - $232 vet bill. Very happy to report that a year after his cancer surgery for fibrosarcoma he appears...
Sunday, August 17, 2008

Finally - Half Way Post

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We have been behind all year on our 2008 savings goals. But, I'm happy to report that we finally have reached the 50% mark. While goal...