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Lessons from the Big Move…

Monday, March 16th, 2009

It is official, the Kakaras Family can call themselves homeowners now. Friday was a smooth closing and the people we purchased our house from were wonderful. We got their cell phone number if we ever have questions and I thought this was a very nice gesture.
We might need to take them up on the offer […]

Mint Shout Out

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

I have been asked to review www.mint.com which is an online money tracking utility. Oh yeah, and it is FREE to use. This is a great thing but as always there are pros and cons.
I have been signed up with Mint for about a year now. When I first got it I was frustrated with it. It […]

Lessons from Hockey

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Once again hockey season is in full swing with our first game last night. Let me just express to the world that I am HURTING.
At some point last year I had a thought to myself, “I could play hockey all night and still not be tired.” I was “in hockey shape.” After games my feet […]

Telling Money Where to Go on a Practical Level

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

I received an e-mail that had a fantastic question that I thought it would be helpful to share my thoughts in a post.
How do you tell your money where to go, on a very practical level?

Do you still use Microsoft Money to track your expenses?

Do you just keep your receipts and enter them as transactions […]

Check Up Time

Friday, February 29th, 2008

At the beginning of this year I wrote about the 2007 evaluation/2008 assessment.
Recently I have been going back through to see where things were in comparison to where I would have hoped they would be.
We are 2 full months into 2008 and we should be making steps toward our mid-range financial goals. Actually evaluate […]