Life and Finance Along the Way
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Congratulations to my niece and her husband on the birth of their son, Micah, on Friday evening. He was a healthy 8 lb. 11 oz. My sister now has three grandsons under the age of 18 months!
Not quite as life-changing was my second guest post published at Sweating the Big Stuff this past week. Please visit and read [...]
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In a few short days two earthquakes hit. One, 6.5 magnitude, in Northern California and the second, 7.0 magnitude, in Haiti. The first one had minor damages and no injuries. The second has devastated a major city and killed up to 50,000 people with many more injured.
What’s the difference? One happened in the richest state [...]
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December’s an interesting month. We hurry, stress and overschedule like crazy until you get to the last two weeks of the month (and year). My bible study went on hiatus, schools are out and try having a meeting in the office.
Here’s a look back at December before it gets too far into the new month.
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It’s the time of year to declare next year’s flexible spending account (FSA) allocation to your employer. There’s been many good articles about flexible spending account planning, advantages and explanation recently. It’s an annual end of year planning event.
It’s also the time of year to complete qualifying purchases for the current year. I’ve taken advantage of the [...]
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This is the first article in a series about the process of buying and selling a home. Two years ago Mr. Boomer and I did something I would not advise my worst enemy to do … sell your home and buy the replacement at the same time. If it was such a [...]
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