Personal Finance Review – Macintosh Frustration Edition
September 2, 2007
I’ll keep this Labor Day weekend review short. I’m out of town and trying to write on an Apple laptop and it’s driving me crazy! None of the keyboard shortcuts I usually use work and I don’t know how to navigate around the operating system. Now I know how a brand new computer user must […]
eBay Domain Trademark Mistake
September 1, 2007
About a year ago, I registered a domain with the word ebay in the name. Just this week I received the email below from their legal department informing me I was violating their trademark. Luckily, I haven’t developed the site yet so no big loss to me. At the end of the email they ask […]
Warning, Loaning Out Your Identity May Be Harzardous to Your Wallet
August 29, 2007
Having someone steal your identity is bad enough, it really sucks when you loan it out to someone else and they do something stupid with it. A username and password are often all that’s needed to assume someone’s identity on the Internet, lending yours out can turn out to be an expensive or embarrassing mistake. […]
Personal Finance Review – Invasion of the Ants Edition
August 26, 2007
Our kitchen is being invaded by ants! We’ve had a few ants here and there in summers past but over the last week they’ve shown up in full force. Last weekend I bought some insect spray at Home Depot and sprayed around the outside of the house but it doesn’t seem like it’s done much […]
Personal Finance Review – Yardwork Sucks Edition
August 19, 2007
I’ve never been a big fan of cutting the lawn, nothing productive comes of it. You mow the grass, it grows up again, repeat 50 million times until you die or install crushed rock instead. I see mowing the lawn as a nuisance. You’re not creating anything of value; the only good thing that comes […]
Personal Finance Books That Made A Difference For Me
August 16, 2007
The Frugal Law Student recently asked if I would share which personal finance books had inspired me. I don’t know if inspired is the word I’d choose but The Millionaire Next Door and Smart Couples Finish Rich were the first to come to mind for the reasons I describe below: The Millionaire Next DoorI think […]
Personal Finance Review – Expensive Baby Shoes Edition
August 12, 2007
The weather is blistering hot here in the Midwest, making it too hot for our daily walk with our son. We really wanted to get out so we headed over to a nearby mall to stroll around in the comfort of air-conditioning yesterday. I am not a big mall person, probably because I don’t enjoy […]
Organize Your Financial Records for Free
August 11, 2007
T. Rowe Price is offering a free Family Records Organizer CD on their website. It is definitely motivated by a marketing effort to begin a conversation with you but it is free and I’m interested to check it out. I have software to track finances but nothing to manage financial records on the computer. Here is how the […]
Thank You Readers!
August 8, 2007
I really appreciate you taking time out of your busy, information packed day to stay current on the latest money adventures at Money Smart Life. There are some days when writing about personal finance is easy and others where it is more of a struggle. Of course this means some posts are better and some are […]
Personal Finance Review – First Lesson in Frugality
August 5, 2007
A person is never too young to start learning how to be frugal. My son had his first lesson in frugality this weekend when I taught him to lick the inside and lid of the yogurt container clean. Of course he doesn’t understand the concept of money yet, however, he is learning an important component of […]
