From Forest on Finance
May 19, 2010 at 1:07 pm
A few weeks ago I created a Places to Go page on the blog. Kind of a bucket list for the rest of my life. I’ve been spending my time lately mapping out our near-term future ... (
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From Forest on Finance
May 11, 2010 at 11:48 am
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you may remember that last year my work asked if I wanted to work from home full-time and I jumped at the opportunity. I filled ... (
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From Forest on Finance
May 3, 2010 at 9:29 pm
April was our first month of married life working off a real budget. For the first several months of marriage we just winged it. I knew where our money was coming from and ... (
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From Forest on Finance
May 3, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Here’s a snapshot of our finances as of May 1, 2010.
SAVINGS (Checking, ING Savings) +3,914 to $40,176
Triple paycheck month. Need I say more?
INVESTMENTS (Fidelity, ... (
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From Forest on Finance
April 6, 2010 at 11:51 am
Here’s a snapshot of our finances as of April 1, 2010.
SAVINGS (Checking, ING Savings) +4,143 to $36,262
Our cash savings got a nice bump from our big tax return and our ... (
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From Forest on Finance
April 1, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Here are my book selling stats for March:
Selling Stats
Number of Sales: 21
Sales: $195.10
Shipping Credit: $83.79
Inventory Costs: $0
Amazon Commission: $57.62
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From Forest on Finance
March 29, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Bird and I had a great weekend and one of the best parts is that it didn’t even cost us that much money.
Friday night, Bird and I biked over to her parent’s house for ... (
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From Forest on Finance
March 29, 2010 at 10:54 am
I’ve been sitting at 975 points with MySurvey for something like two months now. I haven’t had many surveys come my way lately and I haven’t had any referrals ... (
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From Forest on Finance
March 26, 2010 at 5:17 pm
The plan for tonight is to bike over to Bird’s parent’s house where we will be grilling out and then watching the basketball tourney.
Did I mention that I’m first ... (
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From Forest on Finance
March 26, 2010 at 10:22 am
Maybe you remember that last month when I posted my net worth, I was a little annoyed because we supposedly put over $250 towards our student loans and they only went down $77.
Upon ... (
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March 25, 2010 at 2:33 pm
How about a shout-out to my top referrers over the last month?
Moneyapolis
Sallie’s Niece
Well-Heeled
My Pretty Pennies
Always the Planner
Money Maus
Give Me Back My Five
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March 25, 2010 at 12:08 pm
In the middle of winter and the height of broomball season, demand is high for broomball shoes. New shoes sell for around $85 and I wasn’t willing to pay that for shoes
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From Forest on Finance
March 25, 2010 at 11:43 am
My recent downgrade in my phone plan got me into a savings mood. So I decided to look around and see where I could save some more money. Bird and I had separate car insurance ... (
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From Forest on Finance
March 17, 2010 at 10:22 am
Along with downgrading my phone plan, I also finally got around to doing our taxes last weekend.
I used TurboTax online and it took me probably 1-1.5 hours with all the wading ... (
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From Forest on Finance
March 16, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Remember back in February ‘09 when I joined the 21st century and upgraded to a Blackberry?
It has come in very handy at times, like on our honeymoon when we used google ... (
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From Forest on Finance
March 12, 2010 at 11:19 am
About once a week I get an email from a Twin Cities concert promoter that announces all the upcoming shows in the area. Usually I scroll through and delete, but last week, ... (
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From Forest on Finance
March 10, 2010 at 11:55 am
There’s nothing better to help me get over the Wild’s loss last night than waking up this morning and finding myself $2,000 richer!
Today is my two year anniversary ... (
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From Forest on Finance
March 9, 2010 at 4:48 pm
If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know that my MN Wild whooped up on the Calgary Flames last week and then in turn got whooped up on by them a few days later. I’m ... (
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March 3, 2010 at 7:10 am
Here’s a snapshot of our finances as of March 1st.
SAVINGS (Checking, ING Savings) +710 to $32,119
A decent bump but I would have liked to have seen it go up even more.
INVESTMENTS
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From Forest on Finance
March 1, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Here are my book selling stats for February
Selling Stats
Number of Sales: 47
Sales: $347.52
Shipping Credit: $179.55
Inventory Costs: $34.79
Amazon Commission: $112.93
Shipping ... (
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From Forest on Finance
February 24, 2010 at 12:00 pm
I spent a ridiculous amount of time this past weekend on the cable company’s online chat feature discussing my options with a representative.
I love companies that have the ... (
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From Forest on Finance
February 19, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Today is payday and it’s the day that my $700 bonus got added to my paycheck. After taxes, I netted just over $379 more than usual. I know I complained last week about ... (
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From Forest on Finance
February 18, 2010 at 7:30 am
It’s a little late, but here is the state of our finances as of February 1st.
SAVINGS (Checking, ING Savings) +615 to $31,409
Just a tiny increase here.
INVESTMENTS (Fidelity, ... (
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From Forest on Finance
February 16, 2010 at 11:32 pm
As you all know Bird and I moved across town and into the townhouse last weekend. Let’s take a look at what the actual move cost us:
Truck Rental: $90 ($29.95 + .99 a ... (
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From Forest on Finance
February 12, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Tomorrow morning at 8 am I pick up the U-Haul and Bird and I move to our new place. I’m so, so, so excited.
That being said, I’ll be without internet for a while ... (
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