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    Tuesday, February 26, 2021 I thought I had to make six figures to be rich… (21 clicks)
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February 26, 2021 at 8:32 am ET It’s like the line, “it’s not what you make, it’s what you save” quote that’s thrown around so often has finally sunk in.
I used to think that to be “rich” required having a high paying job. But now, I’m realizing that that isn’t necessarily true.
Back in November I stopped working for my highest paying [...] ... (more) Thursday, February 21, 2021 E-filing starting to work as advertised? (5 clicks)
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February 21, 2021 at 7:29 am ET Well… that was quick!
I filed my taxes on Sunday morning.
Monday was a holiday.
Tuesday was, well, a Tuesday.
By Wednesday, the State had already direct deposited my refund. How about that?
That’s a 1 business day turnaround! Amazing what can be done when it’s 100% online. Mmm…technology…
Now let’s see if the the federal side still [...] ... (more) Wednesday, February 20, 2021 Less Money Now vs. More Money Later (14 clicks)
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February 20, 2021 at 3:43 pm ET Last night my wife set-up online billpay with her bank and is now contributing $25 every two weeks towards the mortgage. This is in addition to the $125 per week I’ve been contributing since the start of the year.
Now, while $25/week may not sound like a lot (and really, it’s not), it DOES make [...] ... (more) Tuesday, February 19, 2021 $3444 Interest Free Loan to the Government (2 clicks)
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February 19, 2021 at 7:55 am ET Okay, so yesterday I mentioned that we filed our taxes over the weekend and we’re due $2643 Federal and $801 State. Not too shabby.
I know, I know… That’s like giving the government an interest free loan.
But we have our reasons.
It’s the patriotic thing to do.
No, actually, the primary reason is that we don’t pay taxes [...] ... (more) Monday, February 18, 2021 Taxes: Another Reason to Carry Plastic (18 clicks)
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February 18, 2021 at 8:09 am ET I filed my taxes yesterday. The past few years I’ve flip-flopped back and fourth from TaxCut to Turbotax and back again.
And each year I’m convinced that I’ve made the wrong decision.
The 2007 tax year happened to be a TurboTax year in my house. I like TurboTax.
I like how it has neat little [...] ... (more) Wednesday, February 13, 2021 To Pay, or not to Pay (6 clicks)
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February 13, 2021 at 8:54 am ET As always, there has been a lot of debate about whether or not it is wise to pay off your mortgage early.
JD’s post on Get Rich Slowly yesterday, and the comments on it inspired this post.
Last summer I started sending an additional $25/week towards the principle on my mortgage. Then, at the tail end [...] ... (more) Wednesday, February 6, 2021 Rates Dropping All Over the Place (3 clicks)
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February 6, 2021 at 7:58 am ET As I peruse all of my banking websites this morning, I’m finally starting to notice rates dropping in accordance with the fed rate drops over the past few weeks. Citi, Chase, Bank of America…
Okay, well, not Bank of America, but I think they’ll come through eventually.
It’s nice to see credit card rates dropping from 17.99% [...] ... (more) Tuesday, February 5, 2021 eBay to Ban Negative Seller Views (23 clicks)
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February 5, 2021 at 3:53 pm ET It’s about time. As a frequent eBay buyer, I can pay with Paypal seconds after winning an auction and then wait weeks for my item to arrive. At that point, I don’t dare leave negative feedback for the delayed shipping. I can’t. They’ll tag me with a negative right back. [...] ... (more) Friday, February 1, 2021 Net Worth Update: February 2008 (3 clicks)
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February 1, 2021 at 1:59 pm ET January finished with a very impressive and unexpected 8% networth increase.
Things progressed nicely on the liabilites end of things and that was expected.
Total credit card balances are now under $5k, and I’d have to say it’s been over a decade since I was last able to say that. It feels good and I can [...] ... (more) Tuesday, January 29, 2021 One Month Down, 11 to go… (1 click)
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January 29, 2021 at 9:50 am ET Okay, so January isn’t quite over yet, but you get the idea.
I didn’t really have any New Year’s resolutions, but I did lay down a few goals for 2008 and I guess now is as good a time as any to see if things are still on track…
Eliminate all credit card debt by the end of [...] ... (more) Friday, January 25, 2021 Buying into the Economic Hysteria? (7 clicks)
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January 25, 2021 at 8:29 am ET This morning at work I walked into a heated conversation between two co-workers about how “things” are going up, but no one is getting paid more.
I kept quiet, wisely, as I passed through, but the gears in my head were turning.
True, no one at my place of employment is getting paid more. Okay, maybe [...] ... (more) Tuesday, January 22, 2021 Jan 22: Hold Your Breath (2 clicks)
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January 22, 2021 at 7:29 am ET With a big day ahead of us, Brainy Smurf is predicting the DJIA to drop 515 points today.
I’ll even go out on a limb and say that the intra-day low will be down 700 points — shortly after the market opens only to recover later in the day.
I don’t like it. I [...] ... (more) Monday, January 21, 2021 The Frisbee — Why didn’t I think of that? (5 clicks)
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January 21, 2021 at 9:00 am ET I was never really terribly impressed by the hula-hoop.
Magic Sand held my interest for about 15 minutes.
Slip ‘N Slide was painful.
And though I spent countless hours playing ultimate frisbee in university, I never could throw a frisbee very accurately.
I guess I was just more of a yo-yo fan — and those were manufactured by a [...] ... (more) Friday, January 18, 2021 Credit Card Roll Call - January 2008 (4 clicks)
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January 18, 2021 at 9:21 am ET The last time I did this was back in June of 2007 and I thought that with just having eliminated two credit card balances recently, it might be a good time to go back and see how the landscape has changed.
This is a list of my open credit card accounts as of January 2008:
Bank of [...] ... (more) Thursday, January 17, 2021 Lawmakers Seek To End Business Entity Tax (4 clicks)
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January 17, 2021 at 8:21 pm ET Good news on the horizon for business owners in Connecticut it seems!
I’ve read numerous places that the best way to become wealthy is to own your own business.
Well, I’ve done that, and while I have earned a lot of additional income over the years, there have always been drawbacks. In Connecticut, the [...] ... (more) Citi Card Paid Off (3 clicks)
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January 17, 2021 at 7:55 am ET I’m pretty proud of myself.
On December 17th, the balance on my CitiBank AT&T Universal MasterCard was $5000. This morning, this being a pay day, it’s at $0.
Even better, it was less than a month ago that I eliminated my balance on my Bank of America Business Card.
Two credit cards gone in the span of [...] ... (more) Tuesday, January 15, 2021 Report: Pacman accused of Striking Woman (9 clicks)
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January 15, 2021 at 5:54 pm ET Ack!
When I first saw the headline, I thought to myself, “Could this be true? Can one of my childhood heroes guilty of such a thing?”
But then I clicked the link and saw that it was just some thug football player in a strip club. Phew…
And I wonder how he got the nickname “Pacman”. [...] ... (more) Thursday, January 10, 2021 Generation Gap: Income/Outcome (4 clicks)
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January 10, 2021 at 9:55 am ET Last night, my wife and I attended our first Village Association meeting.
What the hell is that? Well, think, town hall meeting, but a lot less formal.
We live in a section of town that was once its own entity, but has since been absorbed into the neighboring city. The Village Association is its attempt [...] ... (more) When I get out of debt I want to… (10 clicks)
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January 10, 2021 at 7:44 am ET In another month or so, if all goes as planned, I’ll be out of credit card debt 100% for the first time in over a decade.
The deepest I found myself was $29k in November of 2006.
At the time, I was carrying around $l7k in credit card debt (down from $26k two years earlier) and I [...] ... (more) Wednesday, January 9, 2021 Oh…THAT Housing Slump… (2 clicks)
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January 9, 2021 at 8:44 am ET It’s been a bit of a reality check for me adding my house to the assets calculation for my net worth updates.
For the longest time, I was thinking, “What housing slump?”, but now I see it first hand. Already this month, I’ve seen the value of my home drop 5-figures. Ouch.
It’s tough to get [...] ... (more) Monday, January 7, 2021 Thoughts on a Joint Account (5 clicks)
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January 7, 2021 at 2:07 pm ET Recently my wife has been expressing interest in paying some of the bills.
But I’m reluctant to change my ways as I’ve been paying all of the bills from my checking account, while keeping detailed track of everything, for over a decade now.
It’s not so much that it’s a habit, it’s just that I’ve grown accustomed [...] ... (more) Smurfs Among Us? (3 clicks)
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January 7, 2021 at 11:05 am ET Last night while watching, um, American Gladiators on NBC, I saw a promo for a fluff-piece on the Today show about a blue man that would have aired this morning.
I’m at work when the Today show is on, but I looked the story up and it stems from a December 19th story out of Oregon:
It’s [...] ... (more) Saturday, January 5, 2021 Big Things come in Small Packages (5 clicks)
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January 5, 2021 at 5:08 pm ET My biggest bill each month, like a lot of people, is my mortgage bill.
What’s funny to me, and probably me only, is that, of all of my bills, it goes back in the smallest envelope.
Biggest bill in the smallest envelope. Those who hold their mortgage with CountryWide know what I’m talking about.
Think they do [...] ... (more) Friday, January 4, 2021 From Pants in a Can - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 4, 2021 at 9:07 am ET Okay, now what?
Totally a fictitious question — I haven’t hit the contribution limits and don’t really expect to in 2008, but over the last few weeks, while crunching numbers to maximize my 401k contributions, my eyes were opened to the yearly limits placed on this type of retirement account.
Around ten years ago when Roth IRAs [...] ... (more) Thursday, January 3, 2021 First Paycheck of 2008 (1 click)
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January 3, 2021 at 7:36 am ET Being a Thursday and all, today was the first paycheck of the year.
And, as hoped and expected, my tax filing status moves last week increased my take home amount even when I also increased my 401k contributions at the same time.
No raise, but more money in my pocket and more money towards retirement…
Net pay [...] ... (more) Items 119 - 143 of 164
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