by mapgirl on March 12, 2008
All I can say is that I love Anthony Bourdain. What’s not to like about a guy who puts duck, sausage, bacon and beans all into one dish? Or serves duck confit with foie gras sausage and another blood sausage? AND STILL puts rabbit on the menu?
Now that I’ve grossed out my vegan and vegetarian [...]
by mapgirl on March 11, 2008
Someone asked me recently about investing in renewable energy stocks, but asked if there were any special mutual funds for them. Knowing that there are socially responsible investment vehicles out there, all it took was a simple Google search for “alternative energy mutual fund” to turn up two solid articles from CNN and from Altenergystocks.com. [...]
by mapgirl on March 10, 2008
Since I’m not posting a lot of new stuff, at least I can put up the monthly ‘maintenance’ post on my goals and net worth.
Goal #1
Specific – Contribute to my 401k plan
I got squared away with contributions in February. I did have to bump up my contributions, to 10% for the last 11 months of [...]
by mapgirl on March 6, 2008
It’s up just a tiny bit. Liabilities down, assets up. But the credit card number remains fairly static.
I know part of it is that I bought my mother some swimsuits from Lands’ End. The modest cuts are good for old ladies. They even have little skirts, so my mom was happy with her present.
I also [...]
by mapgirl on March 4, 2008
Well, it’s going to be $755.00 to fix my laptop. And of course, that’s actually no kind of guarantee that it will be fixed perfectly. It will just be refurbished and parts replaced. I am skeptical having repaired laptops myself for work. It’s never quite the same again. Ever.
Guess what? Per Dealnews.com, I could have [...]