Archive for the 'Finance & Fitness Fridays' Category

2010 Fitness and Finance Goals

Friday, January 8th, 2010

I don’t make resolutions, but I do have goals.  I tried to find a post about my 2009 goals, but couldn’t.  Maybe I didn’t let you all in on those goals. 
I’ve met two of my big financial goals.  I’ve paid off two whoppers. A credit card and a loan.  My goal for this year is to pay off [...]

Is It Really a New Decade?

Friday, January 1st, 2010

I guess that depends on whether you’re someone who actually thought the beginning of this century was the year 2000.  Those are all the folks who thought the counting of years started with year zero rather than year 1.
Maybe when they learned to count, it was zero through nine.  I was taught one through ten.  [...]

80% Unemployment Rate

Friday, August 21st, 2009

CNN’s “State of the Union,” host and Chief National Correspondent John King tells the story of the bare bones life on the Cheyenne River Reservation.  Read this article and see why I cry for the Lakota nation.  This is why my group is so focused on sending mittens, socks and other warm clothing to CRR. 
I [...]

Finally Free

Friday, July 31st, 2009

  What a feeling!  I’m finally free of credit card debt.  I’m not debt free yet, but no more credit card debt.  I no longer use that ugly, little piece of plastic unless I need to purchase via the Internet.  And then, I only use it if I already have the money in the bank [...]

Disappearing Credit Card Debt

Friday, July 10th, 2009

  It’s almost gone!  I’ve been running into the mainland to put in an extra shift for the last two weeks and have more lined up.  The plan is to pay off the credit card by the end of this month.  It’s not the last debt, but this brings it down to two.  By the [...]

Our National Debt

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Watch this YouTube video to see how fast we are racking up our national debt.  Can you count that high?

A Time For Courage

Friday, June 19th, 2009

 
April 15, 2009, the Lubbock TEA Party was held.  It took two months for me to discover Dr. Donald May, who delivered an outstanding speech on the courthouse steps in Lubbock.  His masterful delivery dominated the event.  As usual, the news media didn’t bother to include this.   It’s been much too long since we’ve had objective [...]

With Love from Russia

Friday, June 12th, 2009

There is a must read article in the English edition of Pravda, the Russian newspaper.  How ironic that the Russians see what very few US citizens see.  We are quickly sliding from a free market society into Marxism.  The Russians know the dangers in following this path. 
The article stated, “Prime Minister Putin, less then two [...]

Only 345,000

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Yep.  That’s what the job loses slowed down to during the month of May.  I received a news alert from both The Washington Post and The New York Times telling me about the sharp reduction of job loses last month.  Tell that to the 345,000 who lost their jobs and all the other jobless folks out [...]

A Note of Importance

Friday, May 29th, 2009

I just read a thought provoking post at The Babbling Brooks.  It stated some disturbing comparisons.  Obama promised us change.  I think most people don’t have a clue as to just how much change he may have planned.  Even with all he’s changed all ready, too many still don’t see the big picture of where [...]