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Oh how I feel poor! 8 May 2011 | 11:13 am
I just paid my $5,900-ish tuition payment. My second payment of a total of seven that will occur throughout the program. When did education get this expensive? Well, as my professors have explained i...
Summer soccer 30 Apr 2011 | 09:45 am
Summer soccer has started. For a low-low cost of $70 I get something like 24 games, of which I anticipate being able to play in 20 of them. I played my first game last night and my oh my! I forgot ho...
Still waiting. 30 Apr 2011 | 09:43 am
I don't remember exactly when we took our tax return in but it feels like we should have gotten the money by now. Of course, I think I always feel that way when money is owed to me. It just can't get ...
Got a new credit card 12 Apr 2011 | 03:00 pm
Boris and I recently got a new credit card. AND, it has a fee! boo you say? Well, I am not a huge fan of the credit cards with fees but sometimes they really do work out. We went and got an Alaska Ai...
Blinds are pricey 11 Apr 2011 | 01:17 pm
Have you ever purchased blinds? Up until about a week ago, I had not. I had no freaking idea that blinds are so expensive. Unfortunately, my condo came with some terrible blinds that malfunction all ...
What have I learned so far? 2 Apr 2011 | 08:01 am
Next month my second payment for my MBA program is due. It will be payment #2 of 7 that will take place over the next 2 years or so. That means that by the end of the month I am approximately 1/7th fi...
Wendy the writer 31 Mar 2011 | 04:34 pm
Today I am going to write a post that is a little different from ordinary. I hope you will indulge me. I want to tell you all that my sister, Wendy, is a fantastic writer. (I would share her awesome ...
Tax Return 28 Mar 2011 | 06:21 pm
I love tax time! I get my money back! I know it would be smarter to have my employer reduce the amount of tax they take off but...I never know what I'll get back and I would rather get money back then...
What would you do? 11 Mar 2011 | 03:27 pm
I don't think I've ever mentioned it before but my job is quite unique. Not so unique that nobody else in the world does it but it's a job that only exists in very large companies and usually only 1 o...
Boris is all set! 9 Mar 2011 | 08:25 pm
That's right. Our work worries for Boris are officially over. He starts with his new employer on April 1st and with a raise! Granted, it's a raise we knew was coming. He is unionized so it is all laid...
