Archive for the 'Finance & Fitness Fridays' Category

Battling Consumer Man

Friday, May 16th, 2008

I’ve been trying to become more environmentally friendly, but my husband just hasn’t been interested.  That certainly makes it an uphill climb.  Sometimes that hill looks like Mt. Everest.  It’s a slow climb, but I refuse to sit down and give up.  I’ve been replacing our light bulbs with CFL’s.  I exchanged bulbs in a […]

Open Letter to Alice at Going Green

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Alice, I’ve just come from your blog, Going Green, where I tried to write a comment.  It seems that I can’t do that unless I’m part of Google.  That’s why I elected to write here and hope you’ll pick up on the link.  The first part of my comment had to do with Nature Made […]

I’m Seeing Red

Friday, May 9th, 2008

In my post about meeting my financial goals for 2008, I told you I was going to think RED to reduce the expense and hassle of Christmas this year.  I’ve already started conditioning my family to think red by starting with birthdays.  What red am I talking about?  Chinese red.  Beautiful, ornate Chinese red.  It […]

Carnival of Financial Goals

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

The Carnival of Financial Goals is up over at Debt Free Revolution.  I’ve entered my post  2008 Financial Goals Nearly Met.  Check out the carnival for some good posts, and feel free to make nice comments about my post as well as the others.  Thanks to all my readers.  I appreciate you taking time out […]

2008 Financial Goals Nearly Met

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

In late November 2007 Patrick at Cash Money Life asked us to make SMART goals.  S – specific M – measurable A – actionable R – realistic T – timely These are my SMART goals for 2008: My main financial goal for 2008 is to pay off a no interest x 1 year purchase of a new […]

Good Cop, Bad Cop

Friday, April 25th, 2008

  Well, not exactly.  How about good doctor, bad doctor?  I’m not talking about clinical skills.  I’m talking about how the doctor treats his patient as a person.  Two years ago when I was working at a relatively new job I had several high blood pressure readings in a row and decided I should see […]

Save on Postage

Friday, April 18th, 2008

You’ve probably heard about the new postal service charges which go into effect on May 12th.  USPS  just did this a year ago.  Hopefully, we won’t have to go through this every year.  For now we have a couple ways to save on both present and future postage.  A lot of our bill payments are now […]

I’m Tired of Reading About No Calories Needed’s Diet!

Friday, April 11th, 2008

I’m so tired of reading about it and not doing anything about it.  I’m going to weigh in with him on Monday and start doing something about my level of fitness.  I’ve lost 62 pounds and am now at a standstill.  It’s time to get with the program again.  It’s spring and outdoor walking is […]

Financial Fitness

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

I am neither financially fit nor physically fit, but I’m working on both.  On Nov. 27, 2007 Patrick at cashmoneylife asked for our financial goals for 2008.  These were mine.  My main financial goal for 2008 is to pay off a no interest x 1 year purchase of a new central a/c unit.  This will be $4,485 due […]