This post is more of a file for me to store this information for later. I've been meaning to do a little research on the cost of daycare to find out what our future expenses would be once we start our family. Last week I identified one local place, so I finally called this morning to get their rates:

Infant Daycare, full days5 days: $293/week ( Read more... )

And now for a blog entry literally as exciting as an insurance seminar ( Read more... )

ADRENALINE!! I just got a random phonecall from an angry customer at work. Sometimes those reach me since I work in the Legal Department, and if someone gets angry enough, they'll call and threaten to sue. I used to get those all the time when I worked for the web hosting company in Atlanta. This one was just "dialing for dollars" with our company ( Read more... )

Gender Beer TapeThe great Gender Beer Tape Feast of 2010 was at least as interesting and thought-provoking as anticipated, and indeed far more so. My dinner companion is a real treasure trove of interesting conversation. We had one of those meandering discussions Friday night that just wanders all over the place, but at every topic, I was both ( Read more... )

Whew! It seems like our bank balance is finally moving in the right direction. It's been a frustrating past two months with both of us finally working again - ostensibly filed under "yay" - and yet our bank balance seemed to continue to deflate despite money veritably "pouring" in. Of course I know very well that good financial health has ( Read more... )

While driving down the highway today, I saw a single windmill turbine being transported on a really long truck. At first I thought it was a missile! The size of the thing was really impressive. I wished I had my camera with me to take a really hazardous and no doubt out of focus and bad picture of the thing to share with you. It was something to ( Read more... )

Received a private message asking where to go to obtain free copies of one's credit reports. Figured I'd respond here for use by all:

You can visit annualcreditreport.com

This website used to suck, and I'm pleased to report that it has been much improved in recent years, and now gets the Traceroo stamp of approval. Be careful what you agree to ( Read more... )

Cut for chattiness today with an update on the aforementioned issues with Ian's student loans, what I'm reading for pleasure and for school, detailed notes about what I'm learning in school, and at the bottom of Pandora's box - hope for Ian's career.

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Today's edition of Found Money is yielding unexpectedly high windfalls. This may end up being a nearly $1100 day ( Read more... )

For all you Niall Ferguson fans out there*, PBS is starting a four-part series tonight called, "The Ascent of Money," and it looks pretty good. The Get Rich Slowly blog tempts me with such tidbits as Ferguson explaining why Arabic numerals are the global standard for money. "What I find especially interesting about The Ascent of Money is the way in ( Read more... )