Category Archives: Money
More bad news
The house voted down the “Bailout Bill” and the market dropped like a rock. The stock that I planned on selling Friday afternoon… it dropped another $10!!! in 10 MINUTES! That means that it has lost $28 in value per … Continue reading
A harsh lesson
Well, I have learned a hard lesson. The stock I planned to sell on Friday afternoon OPENED $18 lower because some analyst changed his mind about the company’s prospects! If I sell now, I will lose money!
What time does it close?
Since my resumé hasn’t enticed anyone to hire me yet, I have turned to trading stocks to try to earn some money. Overall, I have been doing pretty well. However, I made a boneheaded mistake this afternoon. I had waited … Continue reading
Do you think that I’m a little late?
I am 48 years old. I have been working very hard since I was 12 years old. And today, I am embarrassed to say this, but I just set up my first IRA account with Charles Schwab. We started out … Continue reading
It still hurts, but quite a bit less
Is it just my imagination or are things getting really expensive? I got our family truck fixed for a total cost of $863. While that is much cheaper than $1,350, it’s still a bunch of money. And to top it … Continue reading
What a difference $10 makes
My second daughter’s boss gave her the night off. Instead of working until midnight and leaving in the morning, we decided to leave right away. I took her to say good-bye to her best friend, to the restaurant to pick … Continue reading
The Latest Adventure
Here is my solution to the problem described in the last post: I will tow my UNREGISTERED non-operational project car behind my UNINSURED (everyone is closed this weekend) 1979 F150! I hope this is the right decision?!?! I have already received … Continue reading
I don’t think the Lord’s happy…
I had given up trying to find nice bookcases at inexpensive prices. Some of the nice ones listed on Craig’s List sold literally within minutes of their listing! I have never seen anything like it. I had settled on some … Continue reading
The Beautiful Letdown, Part 8: The Reprieve
After we picked up the Nissan, I decided that I ‘deserved’ to treat myself to something fun to make up for the aggravation that I had just endured as a ‘good parent’ so I drove to the Apple store at … Continue reading
We received an offer!
We received our first offer on the house! It is $35,000 below our already reduced price!!! We are going to make a counter offer tomorrow. I am mentally prepared to drop the price another $10K.
