Mapgirl's Fiscal Challenge

Generalized Update

I am on fire tonight after not blogging decently for weeks. (n.b. this post was drafted approximately 2 weeks ago. I’ve just been metering them out.) I’ve been traveling every week for work. It’s been ages and ages that I’ve said ‘Hello, Darlings!’ and really meant it. I miss you all. Let’s recap a few things: 1. I [...]

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Flat Tire Update When my car popped a tire in Philadelphia two weekends...

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Happy Anniversary, Condo o’Mine!

Six years ago, I closed on my condo. It’s been an interesting ride. Let’s recap some highlights: 1. Flooded kitchen due to dishwasher problem in unit above mine. (Drain flooded and poured down into my dishwasher and spilled out onto the floor.) 2. Water damage from the exterior windows due to poor maintenance by HOA. 3. Collapsed bathroom ceiling [...]

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His, Mine, Ours I know this article at SmartMoney is probably old hat...
2010 Real Estate Assessment Despite what people say about DC real estate being more...

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Strategic Planning?

My boyfriend is the best. He knows about this blog. He knows that money gives me anxiety even when I am flush with it in my fat little fists. He is always supportive of me no matter what I decide to do. He only shows his exasperation with me 10% of the time. I am [...]

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Heading Towards Strategic Foreclosure Not me. But someone I know. Not really surprised. It’s...
March 2010 Net Worth Update I am holding onto an unusual amount of cash this...
Strategizing the Future I’m having some professional difficulty right now and I feel...

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Confused About Buffett and Bonds

Read this article first. Ok, I am confused. What kind of bonds are being held by Buffett? Is he holding just US Treasuries? Is he holding intermediate-term corporate bonds? Inquiring minds want to know because Inquiring minds bought a mix of TIPS, intermediate-term government bonds, general US Treasuries (in a sweep account for my IRA) and [...]

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Revisiting My Stock Portfolio in the Midst of a Crisis So about three weeks ago I posted about my Happy...
Rebalancing My Portfolio I have access to Financial Engines through my company. I...
Nifty Way to Spend Your Tax Refund I’m sure by now everyone’s seen Mrs. Micah’s totally awesome...

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July 2010 Net Worth Update

I’m rebounding with the market. My retirement accounts are up a lot mainly because of my old 401k performing a lot better. It’s also up (like 25% of the rise) is due to new contributions of about $700. I’m happy to be back contributing to retirement. I also made a double payment to my car in [...]

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April 2010 Net Worth Update Updated figures are available now. I love it when the...
July 2010 Goals Update 2010 Goal #1 Pay down credit card debt by $5000...
March 2010 Net Worth Update I am holding onto an unusual amount of cash this...

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July 2010 Goals Update

2010 Goal #1 Pay down credit card debt by $5000 PASS – I paid the minimum in July as I said I would. I do know that in August, I am going to pay more than than the minimum, but not much. I am still on target to pay off one card at the end of [...]

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June 2010 Goals Update 2010 Goal #1 Pay down credit card debt by $5000...
May Goals 2010 Update 2010 Goal #1 Pay down credit card debt by $5000...
March 2010 Goals Update 2010 Goal #1 Pay down credit card debt by $5000...

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Update on the Wedding Situation

So my company has me on pins and needles about my next assignment. It means I will be paying a premium to fly into Santa Barbara for my cousin’s wedding as well as the wedding after that. If I am lucky, I’ll be able to cash out some airline miles. I’ve already forked out $1500 [...]

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Bonus! No, not from work this time. Generally, when something good...
Some Thoughts About Traveling For Work Not to sound like a total corporate shill here, but...
Scrooge I Am Not How much are the holidays costing me so far? $1560...

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June 2010 Net Worth Update

I suppose it’s good that I’m flat compared with last month. I’m down only $65. The main thing is that I’ve trued up the mortgage numbers so they are much more accurate than they usually are. (This update is late and my mortgage statement came in during that delay.) Debts are down. Assets are largely also [...]

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June 2010 Goals Update 2010 Goal #1 Pay down credit card debt by $5000...
September 2009 Net Worth Update A good bounce in the market is all you need....
May 2010 Net Worth Update The graph has been updated for a while, but I’m...

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June 2010 Goals Update

2010 Goal #1 Pay down credit card debt by $5000 PASS – I am still on target to pay off one card at the end of this year. I am moving my Debt-O-Meter to 35% because I’ve been at that figure for the last month. I’m going to pay the minimum for the next two months while [...]

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May Goals 2010 Update 2010 Goal #1 Pay down credit card debt by $5000...
March 2010 Goals Update 2010 Goal #1 Pay down credit card debt by $5000...
2010 Goals Like Grace says, it looks a lot like last year....

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Heading Towards Strategic Foreclosure

Not me. But someone I know. Not really surprised. It’s on a property in suburban DC where the taxes have tripled in the past year. My friend can afford the payments but due to some unfortunate vandalism after a renter moved out, it’s starting to become an albatross around his neck. After doing some calculations, my [...]

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Articles I Liked Last Week 1/25-1/31 I loved this one from Well-Heeled. It’s stuff she wouldn’t...
November 2009 Net Worth Update Things are looking up. I bumped up my retirement contributions...

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Whirling Around The Work Vortex

Without getting into it, I’ve been traveling for work and I get sick of looking at a computer so I’ve been doing very little but vegging out with soccer. (As well as suffering migraines in the office from eyestrain.) So expect posting to remain light. People have left some interesting comments regarding my odd lot post. [...]

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Topping Up An Odd Lot Sounds so very English doesn’t it? As if in some...
4 Tips To Get Away With A Bad Attitude At Work I don’t recommend having a bad attitude at work. It...
Last Minute Tax Tip: Making Work Pay Credit I thought I wasn’t able to take this credit, but...

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Topping Up An Odd Lot

Sounds so very English doesn’t it? As if in some way I was fixing something broken or euphemiscally describing filling up a idiosyncratic gas tank. But I’m actually talking about odd lots of stock, which are lots of less than 100 shares. I got a funny letter in the mail from my brokerage account last week. [...]

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Revisiting My Stock Portfolio in the Midst of a Crisis So about three weeks ago I posted about my Happy...
Happy Stock Allocation I think I’m finally done messing with my stock portfolio...
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May 2010 Net Worth Update

The graph has been updated for a while, but I’m just getting around to doing a write up. May was not a good month for me. Most of the fall in net worth comes from the weirdness in the market. Almost all of the mutual funds in my retirement account were down, but I still got [...]

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March 2010 Net Worth Update I am holding onto an unusual amount of cash this...
April 2010 Net Worth Update Updated figures are available now. I love it when the...
December 2009 Net Worth Update I finally got around to updating my net worth graph....

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May Goals 2010 Update

2010 Goal #1 Pay down credit card debt by $5000 PASS – There is a specific credit card I have in mind for this goal. I am on target to pay off that card by December 1st. I am on track with this, despite the hard time last month. 2010 Goal #2 Fill the Save-O-Meter to $4K I considered this [...]

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March 2010 Goals Update 2010 Goal #1 Pay down credit card debt by $5000...
April 2010 Goals Update 2010 Goal #1 Pay down credit card debt by $5000...
2010 Goals Like Grace says, it looks a lot like last year....

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Per Diem Accounting

Anyone have any tips? I’ve got a corporate card for work expenses. I am not sure what to do with Quicken and per diem. I made a work expense category for when I spend out of my own pocket and transfer payments to that category when I pay the bill. I’ll also be able to see [...]

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Reader Questions Answered Already another question! Me Without Debt asks in regards to...
His, Mine, Ours I know this article at SmartMoney is probably old hat...

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