Posts I Enjoyed Reading This Week

It was a crazy week for us here as you know.  We still have at least one more hospital day, but are still keeping sane.  So here goes with post I liked this week.

Paid Twice:  Yes, I Paid Off The Credit Card Last Night.  That is great for her family.  She has been working very [...]

Day Six at the Hospital

The little one is getting better. She has graduated to drink a few ounces of pedialyte from a bottle. Whohoo!! Tomorrow night she will be cut off from any nourishment in preparation for an endoscopy on Monday. The one catch is that she must be completely healed from the RSV. [...]

Day Four at the Hospital

 
The little one is still at the hospital and will remain until at least Monday.  Oh what fun it is!  While here, she has contracted RSV, which was explained as a bad cold for kids.  Because of that, she has to heal and get back to a normal feeding level before the doctors will scope [...]

Steering Clear of those Refund Anticipation Loans

Bankrate.com has good article on how waiting on the refund from the IRS is better than going through those high interest anticipation loan schemes.

Go electronic. Abandon the traditional paper return sent via the U.S. mail and file from your computer. Last year, more than 73 million taxpayers filed their returns electronically. You’ll get the money [...]

Book Meme Tag from Iowahippiechick

Dawn at Iowahippiechick has tagged me with a book meme.
Here are the rules:

Pick up the nearest book of at least a 123 pages.
Open the book to page 123.
Find the 5th sentence.
Post the next 3 sentences.
Tag 5 more people.

The nearest book is one by Will Bowen titled “A Complaint Free World.” It was handed out [...]

He Really Challenges You!

Just got back from 12 hours at the hospital. Our little one was admitted today for multiple problems, but no diagnosis yet. She will be there until Wednesday at least, with my wife and I taking shifts. The poor little thing never gets any rest. Just when she steps forward a [...]

Posts I Enjoyed Reading This Week

Here are my favorite reads from the past week.

Paid Twice talks about “Budgeting as a Tool to Achieve Financial Goals”. I truely believe that you cannot achieve financial stability witout a budget, whether you earn $10,000 or $1,000,000.
GLBL relays his father’s words of wisdom in “Could be good, could be bad”. What a [...]

January 2008 Budget Final

Hard to believe the first month of the year is already over. Times files when you have too much on your hands. The budget results look bad but holds some promise. Here is the overall picture.

The bad news is that our expenses were $2217 over our income. I kind of [...]