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Start Saving Money: Balance Transfers

By • Aug 18th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

If you are one of the millions of Americans that has accumulated credit card debt, and have made the decision to start paying off your card(s) now, then perhaps you might benefit from a credit card balance transfer. Essentially, the reasons balance transfers are useful are because they can be used to move a balance […]



Slacking Today – Advice Link Roundup #1

By • Aug 17th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

Today I planned on writing about credit card balance transfers, but ended up having more things going on at work than I expected. I cut my lunch short for a meeting and to explain search engine optimization to a few of the Office This members. The post I had planned for today will be here […]



Financial Goals for 2007

By • Aug 16th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

An important part of planning is first deciding what it is that you want to accomplish. Each time I sit down with someone to talk business, finances, or about some other matter important to them, the first thing we usually do is decide what it is they desire. Then formulate a plan. Since I have […]



Geico saved me 60% on car insurance

By • Aug 16th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

We all know that people do a lot of stupid things. If you happen to watch TV commercials then you probably know that paying too much for car insurance doesn’t have to be one of them. In my first post on financial discussions I talked about people buying things they really don’t need. Laura and […]



Special Day!

By • Aug 15th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

There are 39 days left until our first anniversary, but today is still a special day for us because exactly four years ago is when we first met at a Royals game. You should be able to see her over there somewhere. Check out the picture I posted last year to see what we wore. […]



Success! (Saving on my internet bill.)

By • Aug 14th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

I just got off the phone with Cox and will now be saving 50% on our monthly internet bill for the next 3 months. I called yesterday to cancel our TV and was offered various incentives to stay, which made me want to “cancel” the internet as well. The friendly customer service rep told me […]



Goodbye Cox Cable

By • Aug 13th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

I have mentioned a few times before the discussions I’ve been having with my co-workers, and recently neighbors, about budgeting, saving money, and other financial matters. This is my first post in the series of financial discussions. In talking with one of the above mentioned individuals, it appears this one, a female in her mid-30s […]



Hooray for cool air!

By • Aug 13th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

It looks like my numerous calls to the apartment’s weekend answering service paid off because our air conditioner was fixed and sitting at a cool 78°F when I got home Sunday. This means the ferrets and kitten came home today from their vet clinic vacation. I have been busy the past week working on our […]



Stupid Broken A/C

By • Aug 11th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

I got home from work today to find our A/C decided to break on the hottest day so far this year. Hopefully it will be getting fixed sometime tomorrow. If you are waiting for the new posts I promised a while back, I still intend on posting them. Laura redesigned her Tato Stories website and […]



How Facebook killed your birthday greeting

By • Aug 5th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

Chances are, whether you admit it or not, you are probably on Facebook. What has even better odds is that you will probably have a birthday sometime in the next year. One thing I can almost guarantee however is that you won’t be getting a birthday wish from me anytime soon. You can thank Facebook […]