Category: Musings
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No Need to Stir!
What would you do for a couple of bucks? At what point does the money at stake become important enough to raise your blood pressure? For some, the principle of the matter is always worth the time and effort spent.
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Make It or Buy It
A lot has changed. Kids nowadays have cell phones and much more stylish haircuts. And those once high-priced “designer” costumes have come down in cost. The question now is: make or buy?
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Book Report: Switch – How to Change Things When Change is Hard
Change is hard. Like rocks. Hence the necessity of a whole book on how to make change happen. While the co-authors, Chip and Dan Heath, of Switch focus on change in general, I found their methods particularly applicable to people who want to realize change in their financial lives.
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What Would You Do?
Husband and I have a decision to make and I thought that I would pose it to you, my oh-so-reasonable readers. As some of you may know, in December the Air Force will be moving Husband and I to Japan for 3 years. Exciting, I know. However, an overseas move is filled with numerous complications…
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How the Rich Roll
Sensationalism is entertaining. Perhaps that is why so many people cling to the images of millionaires spending beau coup bucks in outrageous ways and think that that is how the rich really behave. The truth is that high net-worth individuals do spend, save and accumulate their money differently than the average Joe and Joan, just…
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
The following is a guest post from Kirsten in New Mexico about her gardening experience. I’d start a vegetable garden right now, were it not for the fact that I think we’d get thrown out of our apartment if we tore up the lawn. Landlords are so sensitive. Three Reasons to Plant a Vegetable Garden (As if You Needed…