Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the monthly archives:
My company is kind of funny. The Red Cross is not usually on its approved charity list, however due to the recent disasters in China and Myanmar, they’ve approved donations to several relief organizations like the Red Cross and World Vision.
I live within blocks of the Red Cross and boyfriend lives within blocks of World [...]
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Usually I give myself a little allowance every week for lunch and general pocket money, about $100-140. I put gas on my debit card to track in Quicken. The allowance covers most of my weekly expenses, including a few dinners or beers. If I know I’m dining out, I’ll budget $140. If not, more like [...]
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First off, you have to remember, I don’t cook at home. I am staying with a friend while my apartment undergoes renovation. I feel funny about taking over his kitchen, so I don’t. I usually buy my lunch because otherwise, I’d never leave my desk, ever. It comes from working in a call center. You [...]
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One ruined batch of tomato sauce = Lemons
Lemon, artichokes, pesto, pepper = Lemonade
There was spot of mold on the jar of the tomato sauce because we waited too long to finish it off. Too bad we didn’t notice it till after we started cooking. (ok, not me. Boyfriend.) With a pound of cooked pasta, I [...]
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One sentence: Inexpensive and extremely tasty vegetarian Chinese eats.
Admittedly, I didn’t eat vegetarian there. They were out of the veggie tempura I wanted so I went with Singapore Curry Noodles because good ones are hard to find on the east coast and I miss them from my lunch days in San Francisco.
I had the chicken [...]
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My mom really liked her present. It was the best $25 present I’ve ever bought for her. She bounced around trying on her necklace and pulling outfits out of the closet to match.
What a relief! I always undergo stress when I’m picking out her presents.
The only downside is that my mom had to work all [...]
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You know, everyone tells you must add an extra 10% on top of your estimate on any construction project to get the final cost.
Of course, my bathroom remodel is going poorly and it’s sucking up my 10% overage.
There was some concrete under the tile in the bathroom that’s coming down. Unfortunately, to get an even [...]
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Hate the data it contains.
As someone with a professed love for visual representations of data, I was looking at this post by real estate analyst Jonathan Miller at his real estate blog, The Matrix.
I didn’t have time to read his analysis, but scroll down and look at the maps of the US. Note the dates [...]
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As a rule, I eat meat daily and would never considering being a vegetarian. However, there are benefits to eating less meat for three reasons.
1. It’s better for your health. I started cutting back on red meat on the advice of a dermatologist. I had very bad acne in college and he told me to [...]
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I’m super excited. Even though I have to spend a lot of money on gas for my new engagement, I am excited because this office is insanely casual. There’s some manual work going on there and some of the staff wears jeans and *ugh* flip-flops. I hate flip-flops with a passion, but that is neither [...]
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