An unexpected $4000+ for a couple emails
Well today was a pretty good day for me. In the span of a few hours I found out that I’d be receiving about $4,000 total that I never expected to receive. The first windfall came when I went out …
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Get Rich!! Play the Lottery!! Somebody has to win!!
I don’t go to casinos, I don’t buy scratch offs, and I don’t play the powerball no matter how high the jackpot. That is until tonight, I was just informed that my wife threw in $10 …
Read MoreWhat kind of car do you drive and why?
I am curious to see what kind of vehicles my readers drive and why they drive the vehicles that they do. Purchasing a vehicle is usually a pretty major decision/expense and depending upon what kind …
Read MoreCheaper Health Insurance on your own?
I have pretty good health insurance now that I switched jobs, but my previous employer’s health insurance benefits were degrading pretty rapidly and because they are such a small company I can …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg - Tax Liability Percentage
I just thought of something that I think would be fun to track as it will make sure I don’t overestimate how big my retirement nest egg really is. I currently have a mix of Roth IRA, Roth 401k, …
Read More401k contribution limits (2006-2009)
I always find myself looking for these limits so I figured I’d just put them on my site for a point of reference. Below are the maximum contribution limits for 401k plans each year from now …
Read MoreI resigned
Well I went into my HR department yesterday and asked them if I had ever signed a non-compete agreement. She looked through my file and said yes you signed this. I got a copy of what she gave me and …
Read MoreJob Dilema - Update 2
Sorry for spending too much time on my job search, but I think this will be of value to me down the road to evaluate this decision and well it very much effects my financial situation and retirement …
Read MoreRealistic Rate of Return - Part IV Inflation
This is the fourth post in a series of posts on Realistic Rate of Return. You can view Part I, Part II, and Part III here. In this part I will try to touch on inflation and how it can affect my nest …
Read MoreJob Dilema - Update
Well I kind of stopped updating my job dilemma string of posts right now because I really didn’t want to make anything more overwhelming than it already is as far as companies, but figured …
Read MoreApologize if you are trying to leave comments on my site
I was playing around with a new spam filter and it looks like my comments have been broken for about a week now…..sorry will let you know when it is fixed. Actually if you could leave some test …
Read MoreJob Dilema - Company 4 Overview
Type of Company : Energy Company My Role : Part of development team, but would have a good say in what we are doing. Would actually being using some fairly outdated technologies for the most part with …
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