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MR Cache: Making Time For Kids!

May 1st, 2011

Weekly Thoughts:

This past Saturday, my daughter had too much going on! She went to both a birthday party and the ballet. After the ballet, my wife and daughter went out to eat somewhere relatively fancy too.

All in all, it was a memorable experience for my daughter and wife as they did all of these activities… but what about our son?

He lucked out too, my dad called and we decided to all go play golf. As usual, we all enjoyed the activity! Next my dad, son and I went to a favorite local restaurant.

After my dad drove us back home, my son went next door and helped neighbors with spreading mulch, while I mowed at home.

Next, I told him that we needed to go to dinner, so I gave him three choices to choose from. He chose “Steak and Shake”, the funny thing is that I know that this is one of his favorite restaurants, and that he would pick that instantly.

So both kids had a great Saturday. Sometimes, it’s got to be all about them

My Favorite Reads of the Week:

101 Centavos: A Whale Shark of an Opportunity - Wow, what an incredible experience! I wish I were there!
The Financial Blogger: How You Can Prevent Money From Ruining a Friendship – I had a friend that was going to loan another friend a few thousand dollars! I should have sent him to ready this article first!
First Gen American: My Frugal Insanity - Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), I suffer from Frugal Insanity too. This is one of those like-minded bloggers that everybody always talks about experiencing in the blogosphere.
Everyday Tips and Thoughts: Seller’s Remorse 10 Years Later? - Sounds like Kris had a win-win situation! I think either choice would have been a winner. That said, I would have chosen the house they live in now!
Budgeting in the Fun Stuff: Now Available at a Library Near You – Excellent job Suba, the library is one of my most favorite frugal sources!
Wealth Informatics: 20 ideas for frugal and green gardening - great intro to gardening this way!
Momvesting: How Polar Opposites Can Ride Out Joint Finances - My wife and I use such as system, even though we aren’t on opposite sides.
Financial Samurai: Are You A Financial Dumb Ass? - Sam doesn’t hold back any punches in this article!

Favorites From Money Reasons this Week:

First Look: Individual 401k – If I made enough money from a small business, I would definitely go this route!
The Three Little Financial Pigs Update: Pig #1 – An update on my original story about little Pig #1, from a financial perspective.
Everything Goes Trash Night is Like Bizarro Christmas - This is why once a year I really like to do trash!
The Three Little Financial Pigs: Pig #2 Update – An update on my original story about little Pig #2, from a financial perspective.
Sometimes It Takes More Than One To Believe – Having a supporting spouse can go a long way on becoming wealthy.
5 Cheap Ways To Escape From Stress – Drawn from experience while at work.

Carnivals and Mentions:

Closing Thoughts:

Al in all, it was a great weekend for my family.

-MR

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MR Cache 2011 March 13 – Sad Disaster Days

March 13th, 2011

Weekly Thoughts:

The earthquake and the continuous aftershock quakes in Japan are very bad, and has caused both fires in cities and problems with some of the energy nuclear plants.

The pounding of the tsunami may have caused thousands of death, where entire trains and the population of some cities are missing.

People are already saying that this might be the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. I hope somehow it’s brought under control, or matters may become much worse!

Our hearts go out the Japanese people, and we hope things aren’t as bad as they appear.

The rest of this post was done in advance, so I’m just going to publish it out with a heavy heart.

I decided to follow the Financial Samurai’s lead and put a link to red cross for the earthquake/tsunami disaster on my site! Please consider clicking on this red cross link to make a contributions to this disaster that primarily Japan is experiencing! Thanks!

My Favorite Reads of the Week:

MomVesting.com: Joining an Investment Club – While my day job prevents me from creating such a club, I’m dreamed about joining or creating one for years. Get the low-down in this great article!
MyJourneyToMillions:My Favorite Thing About Paying off Debt – Evan and I were on the same wavelength with his great article. Although not exactly the same, it was in the same ballpark as my “Paying Off Your Mortgage is Like Working at a Second Job“ post.
Financial Samurai: A Little Inspiration Means So Much – I think it’s important to give back to society. The Financial Samurai made this child’s day by stopping and being so generous!
BudgetingintheFunStuff.comKeeping Kids Involved in Family Finances – This guest post really hit at home! Check it out!
Everydaytipandthoughts.comThoughts For Thursday: Commercials – Along with crappy Reality TV shows, even commercials are getting stupid… What is going on in the world!!!
KrantCents – If not now, when then? – A very compelling argument to run faster and harder!

Favorite Posts from MoneyReasons.com for the Recent Past:

Thinking Before Paying To Save Money – Just a little bit of thinking before purchases can save you money. A lot of thinking can save you a lot of money!
Neighbors Buying and Sharing – This only works well if you have great neighbors!
Enjoy Time With Your Kids – The grow up so fast! Spend as much time as you can comfortable because soon the will be an adult too.
Wealth Tip #8: Believe Your Way To Wealth – You really have to believe that it’s possible! This article mentions the book that made me believe!
15 Advantages of Blogging – Blogging (as a hobby or for money) really can improve your communications skills! Here are 15 great advantages of Blogging!

Carnivals and Mentions This Past Week:

blog.creditkarma.com
Everydaytipsandthoughts.com
Budgetinginthefunstuff.com
101Centavos.com
MyJourneyToMillions
Momvesting.com
FinancialSamurai.com
Soldiblog

The Yakezie Carnival:Spring Training Edition!
Carnival of Wealth #29 – Mar 13 2011 Edition

Closing Thoughts:

We’ll hope for the best, keeping our fingers crossed!

-MR

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MR Review 2011, Jan 16 – Overwhelmed

January 16th, 2011

Overwhelmed:

It seems like in the process of re-inventing myself, I’m constantly running ragged. Everything is new, both in a good and bad ways. A big accomplishment is I got my haircut! After my barber died, I created a mental block where I just kept pushing off the task until later and later.

Working out has already had benefit in my health. My strength has come back quickly and I feel a bit better already. I still need to start my new diet though.

Overall, I’m a bit overwhelmed but also excited…

My Favorite Reads of the Week:

101 Centavos: HSE: Health, Safety and Environmental – Safe Work Practices in The Home – Info on proper safety practices, and really cool pictures of ingenious workers from poorer countries and their methods to be safe on the job.

My Journey To Millions: What Does it Mean When an ETF Jumps the Track - The Fonz would be proud if you check this article out! I know I learn what “Jumps the Track” means, not to mention “Jumping the Shark”…

Budgeting In The Fun Stuff: The Best Financial Advice I Ever Received – Sounds like BIFS’s dad knows what he is talking about!!! I wish my family had given the same advice to me! Luckily, I didn’t want to pass up that free money so I started out jumping into my company 401k’s plan too!

Everyday Tips and Thoughts: The Snowball of Savings and Health Benefits From Eliminating Pop/Soda - Kris is giving up pop/soda entirely! I’ve don’t drink pop at work anymore, but I still drink diet pop on the weekends. So kudos to Kris for cutting the sugar juice out entirely.

First Gen American: 6 Month Blogaversery - Congratulations to Sandy on her 1st 6 months of blogging!!! She has a truly wonderful site!

Momvesting: True Savings - I agree with Jessica, why buy stuff just because it’s on sale! If you’ve never thought about buy something at normal prices, why buy it now?

Financial Samurai: Should I Have Closed My Credit Cards? - Sam brings out concerns to closing out a credit card account.

Watson Inc.: The Fall Of The American Democracy! - Shawn point out a great reason why I promote asset diversification, possible buying precious metals in my post: ”Does Money Have Value?“. Maybe even buy some foreign currency… It couldn’t hurt to have diversified assets. Check out Shawn’s article, he brings up some great points!

Hope everbody has had a great 1st two weeks of the year, other than the flat I got yesterday… It’s been a good start.

-MR

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MR Cache 2011, Jan 2 – A New Start

January 2nd, 2011

A New Start

This year (2011) will be a bit different that previous years! In previous years I’ve always drunk the listing the ”New Year’s Resolutions” koolaid, but I’m not going to do that this particular year.

I think 2011 will be much better than 2010, call it a gut feeling… So far it has started out with a break from the cold weather for a spell (or at least this past weekend). I’m already starting on new projects, the first being reinstalling the software on my laptop including the operating system. You see I got a computer virus last year, and while I was able to clean it up, some of the system files were corrupted. I could have manually replaced the file, but sometimes it’s better for performance reasons to start with a clean slate!

So since it’s already 3:00am, I’m just going to go with a brief, loose format for few of sites I visited last week:

Everyday Tips and Thoughts: 10 Lessons Learned in 2010 - These lessons are spot on and a great read! There is wonderful advice directly from experiences gained in 2010! This a must read! See if you agree with Kris!

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff: Don’t You Want to Retire ASAP? - BIFS reminds us that for her (and me), there are better ways to spend your life instead of just working. For me personally, it would be traveling, but check out BIFS’s list, it’s very well thought out and impressive!

Money Cone: Unconventional Income From Uncommon Stocks – Royalty Trusts – Great article on “Royalty Trusts”! I’ve followed these for a while, but haven’t taken the plunge yet. Money Cone present a great argument as to why they should be considered!

Len Penzo: The Penner Awards: The 10 Craziest Money Blunders of 2010 - A very funny list of happenings in 2010. I also learn not to see “Little Fockers” (since I noticed that Len and I have similar taste in movies, if Len says don’t go, I don’t go!). This was a great list worth checking out!

Consumerism Commentary: What Is Financial Independence? - Flexo opens up the question and make you think about how much you will really need not to mention a focus on passive income!

EDayTipsThought: Paypal Email Scam – Kris talks the nefarious hacking activity commonly know as Phishing. But Kris also reveals an email to forward such Paypal phishing attempt to! Hurray for Kris, nice job on this!

LazyManandMoney.com: – Goals for 2011 - Some good goals, and especially noteworthy is his estimates on growth of his online ventures!

Best 2011 Resolutions

The following are 3 of my favorite 2011 reads for the coming year. There are plenty of great other resolutions, but these 3 in particular struck a chord with me.

Well Heeled Blog: 2011 Goals: Make Money, Save Money, Get Fit & Enjoy Life - What I really like about this particular set of Resolutions was how exact the list was, not to mention that it was very uplifting and inspirational! I came away from this list feeling refreshed!

Financial Samurai: Financial Samurai Goals And Resolutions for 2011 - I said my goals this year is to becoming super, but my level of super can’t touch Sam’s level! Check out his incredible list of resolutions, and I think you will agree!

First Gen American: New Years Goals for Anyone - Sandy takes a different approach with her goes and explains her philosophy! She had me at “1. Visit 1 new place this year”!

I hope you enjoyed my quick list! There are many other great post I would have included if I had time, but alas… I’m sleepy.

Hope your New Year is starting out great!

-MR

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MR Cache 2010, Dec 18 – Perfect Christmas Lights

December 19th, 2010

Weekly Thoughts:

The snow and the unusually high number of houses with Christmas lights, the outside aesthetics has been a thing of beauty! The Christmas lights shining thought the snow covering bushes and trees made practically every house that had Christmas decorations out look like something out of a classic Christmas movie!

This Saturday evening as I left for dinner, I had to stop and just walk around the driveway admiring all the beautifully light houses along the street. I usually don’t do this, but everything looks so spectacular, I couldn’t resist! Plus the brisk chill in the air made me think how pure and crisp the air was. I was a great experience and I’m honestly thinking about walking around the neighborhood just to enjoy the experience.

My Favorite Reads of the Week:

101 Centavos: Mainstream Financial Media vs. PF Bloggers: 401K loans – I totally agree with this observation!

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff: Passive and Residual Income Defined – For those that were curious as to what the difference is!

Canadian Financial Blog: 4 Reasons Your Resolutions Fail – And How to Overcome Them – I have this problem every year, perhaps I’ll take the advice this year!

Everyday Tips and Thoughts: Sometimes Saving Money Isn’t Worth It – Items I Refuse To Buy Generic – I feel the same way! Sometimes Generic makes sense, then other times generic is garbage!

Fabulously Broke in the City: Are people wealthier because they’re business owners (or self-employed)? Check out FB’s proposals and conclusion as to why business owners are millionaires!

First Gen American: Is Uncle Sam the New Bank of Mom and Dad? – I was honored to be mentioned in such a well wrote out article! Sandy L. provides a great time line as to when benefits-a-plenty has come into the American public program. I was impressed with the well throughout research Sandy put into the article! It was like reading a post from time magazine! Excellent read!

Len Penzo: Gee, Thanks: 4 Presumptuous Gifts That Can Strain A Budget – Some real nightmares here! I would hate for someone to pick an automobile for me, so I totally agree that those “car as a present” commercials suck. I can see it now Christmas day, and my wife gets me a “purple minivan”! Oh joy!!!

Squirellers.com: Unforgettable, Funny Holiday Gifts that were Given as Real Presents – Very funny and cheap presents! A good chuckle on most of these!

Watson Inc: Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears Round Up and Uncommon Money News Looks and the way a person acts is sometimes deceiving! Jessica and Britney are going extremely well, even though they don’t sing as much as they use to.

My Favorite Post from MoneyReasons.com for the Week:

This week, my favorite post was Christmas Experiences During The Great Depression! This was a post that was wrote from the heart and to date one of my best posts! It involved a personal tragedy to my grandmother when she was a child and how she overcame the childhood experience to make Christmas a special time for her children and grandchildren.

Closing Thoughts:

Where I live it truly is beautiful! This may be the only time that I’d rather live in my city than California or other warmer, ocean front areas.

-MR

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