Archive for November, 2012
Job Transition
TweetIf you’re new here you may want to sign up for my weekly newsletter. Thanks for visiting!My family is going through a small job transition right now. If there is such a thing. My husband’s company got bought out by another company. While there are much more stressful things that could happen on the job [...]
Thanksgiving Vacation
TweetWe just got back from a great vacation up to Jackson Hole. It didn’t snow on us quite as much as last year but we still had a great time. It’s just nice seeing family and getting out of the hot weather for a bit. The cold chilly helps get us in the mood for [...]
What to Look for in a Credit Card
TweetA few years ago my husband and I decided to stop using our debit card for our daily transactions and started using a credit card instead. Why? For the cash back of course. It’s not a ton… a few hundred dollars but hey, free money is free money. Nothing really changed in our life. We [...]
I Don’t Just Want a Nest Egg… I Want Nest Chickens
TweetMy husband grew up on his grandpa’s farm. From this experience we have several “grandpa-isms” in our house. One of them is “I don’t count my eggs… I count my chickens.” That’s a pretty smart man. The more chickens you have the more eggs you will have. It doesn’t really matter how many eggs [...]
The Failures and Eventual Success of Colonel Sanders
TweetI love hard luck stories turned mega success. We see huge companies that have been there our whole lives and think that they just appeared. We forget that it took an actual, real live person years of struggle and rejection to finally see that level of success. When I heard a little tidbit about Colonel [...]
It’s not about what you earn… it’s about what you keep!
TweetI pulled up to a light the other day and in front of me was a shiny new sports car. I’m not into cars so I don’t know the make or model but it seemed very fancy. Very vroom vroom if you know what I mean… The licence plate said “6 Figz”. Meanwhile I’m sitting in [...]
