December 2006 - Posts

Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to all out there in personal finance land! God bless you all! As for my wife and I, we got to spend out Christmas sick with strep. My wife is a pre-school teacher and strep has been going around school. She had a cold part of last week, Read More...
Posted 26 December 06 12:05 by spender | (Comments Off)   
Update on the move
Finally have some good news on the housing front... we are moving on January 20th! My wife and I had gone to look at a couple of houses that were available for rent and the last one we went to we absolutely fell in love with it. It was perfect. Great Read More...
Posted 22 December 06 10:54 by spender | 1 Comments   
Some companies will never get it
Come across this article regarding how Craigslist isn't interesting in maximizing profits, but are focusing on the customer experience. It is amazing how many people don't get it. One thing that kind of bothered me is someone called Jim Buckmaster Read More...
Posted 14 December 06 12:34 by spender | (Comments Off)   
Tip for Christmas Gifts for Bosses on a Budget
As a part of my Christmas shopping, I always like to get something to give to my bosses and other people at work who I regularly deal with at work. I don't normally get stuff for others on my own team at work, but I like to for other people who I regularly Read More...
Posted 13 December 06 02:51 by spender | (Comments Off)   
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Neighbors from hell, part deux
A while ago, I'd mentioned some problems our neighbors downstairs. Seems the drama continues. We've been in this apartment for a year and a half, and most of the time, we haven't had much of a problem. Some of the people around us smoke, and it can come Read More...
Posted 08 December 06 06:56 by spender | 4 Comments   
November 2006 Networth
I was not looking forward to compiling our networth stats this month because I knew they were going to be bad. This is the first time we've had a somewhat indulgent month since tracking our networth, so now I can see how much of an effect they have Read More...
Posted 05 December 06 01:57 by spender | 2 Comments   
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