Portfolio check for the 4th quarter

Hey everyone, be sure to take some time and look at your financial position.  Especially since it’s just before all of the shopping is about to be done.  This year has actually come out pretty good for me in all of my stock choices.  Well, that would really be mutual funds and bonds.  I don’t [...]

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11 things to do on a rainy day

Rainy days are sometimes the ones where you get too bored to even play with the toys you do have.  So what do you do to take care of your rainy day blues.  There are plenty of things that you don’t want to do on a rainy day, so lets work a little bit on [...]

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Work smarter, not harder

The title says it all.  This is something that I have heard many different people  say over the years.  Normally I have heard it said the most when I am involved in some hard manual labor.  I like to think that you can apply this to many more things than just hard labor.  In fact [...]

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Of cable and cash flows

Well, after living for a year without any cable TV.  We finally broke down and got cable again.  It was kind of a convenience thing since we were moving and setting up new utilities.  Thought that we would give it a try.  Now that we have gotten rid of all of our credit card debt.

The [...]

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Biblical money principles from Proverbs 20

I hope that everyone had a great July 4th.  It is an important part of our history that needs to be remembered.  With all that said, let’s jump into running the race again.  Today we’ll be going over some more Biblical principles and today is from Proverbs 20.  All quotes are in the English Standard [...]

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Saving money and losing weight

If you haven’t read very many of my articles, then you might not be aware that I am a fan of working out.  I really enjoy staying active and being in shape.  There are lots of other people out there who like to do the same thing, but the amount of money spent between us [...]

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The best value from bartering

There are lots of great ways to get things done that don’t cost very much money at all.  Everything is going to cost you something no matter how you look at it.  Things will either take up your time, energy, money, or something else.  There are some great things that you can do to save [...]

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Dealing with Customer Service

I must say that getting help with customer service people can be quite a challenge.  In fact there are numerous occasions, both good and bad, where I have had to use customer service.  So for starters what I would like to talk about today is that when you are going to talk to someone, you [...]

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Dealing with automated phone service

Every time that I need to get some product help, there is this handy dandy phone number on the back to call customer service.  So being the intelligent customer that I am, I call the number.  What happens next is something that can become a nightmare from the get go if your not ready for [...]

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Why don't we...

Today is more of a question to think about.  When it comes to finances,  most of us have a pretty good idea of what we want to achieve.  Almost all of us want to get out of debt, make more money, and increase our wealth.  So the big question is….

If something is going to negatively [...]

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