My 21 y.o. son hates hearing how much I make. Although I emphasize to him that - hello, I'm 44 and you're 21 - why on earth do you think you'd earn close to what I do? Besides, he doesn't even want to make a lot of money. He wants to cure cancer or something. ...
Monthly Archives: November 2009
To market, to market…
I hate looking at my stock accounts, even though I do it almost every day. I ran the numbers for November today, and my total income for the month from my "portfolio" was $2,960.54. Yay! That seems so strange to me since it didn't seem that it moved at all. I guess it doesn't when ...
November 2009 tracking – income and expenses
Income (net): $14,637.86 (doesn't include stock increases/decreases)Income (net): $15,644.81Child support: $334.34 (shocking, but true)Parking: $90.00 ($7.00 reimbursable)Groceries: $362.64 (too high and $15 higher than last month!)Gas: $100.04 reasonableEating out: $77.12 reasonable (down $20 from October)Gym: $47.26 (grrr, contract locked ...
Cheap cheap cheap – all the way to the bank – literally
My email worked! Previously I had written that I had been charged an overdraft interest charge: Me?!? An interest charge?Today, I got my money back. Now, some will say - why worry about a measly $7.53 refund? But by my calculations, $7.53 for an email that it took me 3 minutes to ...
Childless and free
The question was asked in the comments of www.earlyretirementextreme.com the other day about why so many bloggers who want to retire early are childless.I believe the answer is the desire for freedom. To be able to go anywhere you want, do whatever you want, whenever you want. To have choices ...
Six frugal things before breakfast
Get up, turn up the heat to 17C which was down to the lowest level overnight (-3C outside) - saving maybe a buck?Skip a shower since I'm not going anywhere today - definitely nowhere fancy - saving maybe $.25?Don't eat breakfast, have a big brunch of homemade potato skins and cheesy fried potatoes ...
I feel sorry for Americans
I read quite a bit on early-retirement forums and personal finance blogs and one of the factors that is HUGE in the 'retire early' world is health care.Since I live in Canada, this isn't an issue for me. But I'm planning on doing a fair amount of traveling down in the States ...
