tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64439594526463778492011-11-02T06:44:15.934-04:00money accumulation and ways to be frugal for everybodyMoneyReasonsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443959452646377849.post-30858482000142122452011-06-25T21:56:00.000-04:002011-06-25T21:56:46.807-04:00

This Spring season has been very wet!  It's been pretty much a letdown for all of May and a good part of June. I coached my daughter's soccer U7 team this spring season, and surprisingly I had a blast!  Our first year team won about half of our games, and the ones that we lost were all close except for the first game (when I was in California). So why was I in California?  I was part of a Proof

MoneyReasonsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443959452646377849.post-85914522487495541572011-03-18T20:30:00.000-04:002011-03-18T20:30:25.794-04:00

Finally, with March, things are back to normal.  Nothing really earth shattering has happened.  There was a small change in the way work is structured, but nothing that really affect me largely. I've been skipping along the blogosphere's surface with tunnel vision, not really looking very deeply below the surface, until now.  Just lately, I started seeing the movement within of the old

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While February wasn't as bad as January, it was hectic with issues at work and sickness (just cold and flu) for my daughter and I.  Still... February was much better than January!!! Since I wasn't feeling up to par, some things got neglected a bit, and some things like the crushing of aluminum cans was neglected.  So much so, that I'm starting to wonder if "Is Recycling Aluminum Cans Worth Doing

MoneyReasonsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443959452646377849.post-17098315845818789512011-01-29T00:12:00.000-05:002011-01-29T00:12:37.341-05:00

After a rocky start (deaths, flat tires, alternate shifts), this month is starting to turn to a positive one for me! I invested in more dividend stock, and so far they have appreciated in value (well except for today because of Egypt).  I'm starting to focus more and more on my investment portfolio.  I'm learning tons, and I'm having a good time going it. I'm going to start a weight loss

MoneyReasonsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443959452646377849.post-85130774073439278642010-12-12T12:57:00.001-05:002011-01-29T00:15:38.371-05:00

Another Christmas is just around the horizon!  It's been a fair year, not as exciting as last year but not a bad year either.  I've developed the bad habit of going to McDonalds for their latte (they hooked me with the free ones the were giving out for a while).  Not very frugal of me... not very frugal at all! This past summer, my lawnmower died, requiring me to buy a new one!  That was

MoneyReasonsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443959452646377849.post-15056874082805242902010-11-27T18:25:00.000-05:002010-11-27T18:25:13.752-05:00

With my blog I'm slowly and steadily pacing myself so that I don't burn out! While some may say, I'm going too slow, I've see other bloggers burn out way to quickly after running too quickly in the blogging race!  Much like a mile long foot race, it's impressive seeing those blogger sprint out off of the starting line, but eventually they are panting on the sidelines while I just jog my steady

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People associate being frugal with being green, but that not necessarily true. You can also be frugal in a way that's not very environmentally friendly. I'm just going to focus on the green frugal ways that I'm going both though. I believe you will more bang for your buck and feel better about yourself if you can do both.1.) When gas went high, a co-worker and I started to car pool. Now since

MoneyReasonsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443959452646377849.post-60717325457236245672008-09-17T21:53:00.002-04:002008-09-17T22:22:56.029-04:00

Let me start out by defining what the Uptick rule is in my own layman terms:Basically, it means that when a short seller of a stock will have to wait until a buyer comes in and buy a stock of the company so that the price of the stock goes (ticks) up; after which, the stock shorter can now short the stock.Personally, I think the remove of the uptick rule, means that everybody jumps on the

MoneyReasonsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443959452646377849.post-16930106161638586342008-08-21T17:28:00.003-04:002008-08-21T17:36:21.450-04:00

Drat!Yesterday, the engine light came on and I could hear a slight noise that sounded like the exhaust system might be going bad. Our car is only 5 years old, and it's a toyota...So, a friend at work suggested taking the car to AutoZone and having the car hooked up to some type of engine reading device for FREE!So I did that, and the devices stated that I had a problem with the catalytic

MoneyReasonsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443959452646377849.post-35325817689216738942008-08-07T17:28:00.002-04:002008-08-07T17:38:33.946-04:00

I got in a debate about paying my house off early and getting out of debt in general today with a co-worker.I came to the realization that if you pay off our house early, you basically extend your the middle class range below what the typical measurement is.Why?Well, if you pay off your house, your take home pay increases by that much more. Basically meaning that you could make that much less

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I see that an article I submitted earlier was accepted and published in the "Carnival of Personal Finance #163" weekly listing. For me this is very exciting! Just the submission of this article is a frugal fun activity!It's really cool to see a link to my site in a group of articles like this. To see more weekly articles from other financial bloggers, just go to this link Carnival of Personal

MoneyReasonsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443959452646377849.post-3753989189720497452008-08-04T20:56:00.003-04:002008-08-04T21:21:07.953-04:00

Okay, I've believe in the being as green as possible. But am I going overboard with this effort?Below are some examples that I wonder if I'm going overboard or working too hard to save the planet.1.) For the bag of peanuts that I eat at lunch, I reuse the same sandwich plastic bag for a week.2.) My wife buys bottled water, so I'll drink one, then use tap water to fill it up for a week or two.3.)

MoneyReasonsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443959452646377849.post-54619564178165620082008-07-28T19:42:00.003-04:002008-07-28T19:54:37.222-04:00

When I was younger, I used to workout a lot of the time with my friends. We would spending hours pumping iron, each taking turns and waiting to cycling through the particular exercise. It was great times, and I thoroughly enjoyed it..But now time is much more precious. Now with a family, workout time is non-existent. I hardly ever see my old friends, and I'm always tired for lack of sleep.

MoneyReasonsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443959452646377849.post-46706983840574042182008-07-27T10:48:00.004-04:002008-07-27T11:04:05.976-04:00

Okay, I confess, I'm not in perfect shape, and I do have some bad habits.When I say bad habits, I mean smoking, drinking pop or alcohol to an extreme, eating out too much, impulse buying, etc. I don't personally do any of the above, they are just provided as examples.Thats said, I was wondering what would happen if instead of spending money on bad habits, we were to channel that money to

MoneyReasonsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443959452646377849.post-53960055633290284242008-07-26T17:48:00.002-04:002008-07-26T17:58:30.406-04:00

Today, as I was going out to get the mail, I encountered an army of black ants stealthly marching across my driveway in the grooves the pavers created for hiding cracks. I have ant pesticide that would kill them, but I also have 2 kids that play in the driveway too. Needless to say, I decided to go with a natural solution.So, I used google (a bloggers/internet users best friend), and typed: "

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