Archive for the ‘Income’ Category
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
My wife received a call Friday morning from the family she nannies for. One of their parents passed away. They are from India so they had to fly out that day to go there. They'll be gone for at least two weeks. This means my wife will be ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
I received my annual review yesterday. I was rated a 1 which is the highest you can get. Last year my manager requested a 4.5% increase but since I had joined mid-year in 2006, I received a 3.05% pro-rated increase. This year I am receiving a ...
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
I decided to put $2,000 into my disaster fund on Monday and use the other 500 on hand in my other savings account. It will probably get used to pay down some debt or buy some much needed shoes or jeans. I'm going to use some of it to start ...
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
I've had a bit of an absence here blogging, but that seems to happen every time I start a new blog. I get bored with it or run out of things to say. While I have gotten bored with blogging, I haven't gotten bored with reducing my debt or with ...
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
Finally in my search for a part-time job I have had a response. UPS emailed me and asked me to complete the application online. I have an appointment set up next week unless I can get it moved to this week. The one downfall to this would be that I ...
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Thursday, September 21st, 2006
About three years ago, I was making about $17k a year. Not really going anywhere in life, as I had successfully dropped out of college several times. I was being a loser, IMO, and was going to continue to be one. So I started researching my job more and more ...
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Thursday, September 14th, 2006
A lot of people gripe and complain about not getting a raise at work. I know I have before and I probably will in the future. It's only natural for us to think we deserve more money.
So I had a revelation at work last night. If I go pump a ...
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Monday, August 28th, 2006
I've been trying to decide what the best strategy will be for me to reduce my debt and my spending. I've been thinking about it a lot here lately. I do know I want to go somewhat in the route that Dave Ramsey suggests. I am definitely on my way ...
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