Geocaching is searching for hidden prizes using a GPS unit (like Garmin). This is great fun, and my kids and I had a ball doing this in the past. And while I still enjoy geocaching, the prizes in the cache wasn’t exactly a great find, in fact my kids were pretty disappointed! So why not go old… Continue reading Treasure Hunting With Kids
Month: May 2011
Using Wasted Time To Your Advantage
Lately, I’ve learned to take greater advantage of dead or wasted time periods! Such “time periods” are when you are driving to work, waiting in a fast food line (or really any line), walking out to your car, waiting for the kid’s current sport practices to finish, waiting in the doctor’s office, and so on…… Continue reading Using Wasted Time To Your Advantage
Paying Expenses From Dividends
Paying normal expenses is a lot like renting, you never really get ahead and may even be living paycheck to paycheck for your entire life, just barely getting by. Or perhaps you are hording away money living like a miser until it’s time to retire. The problem with that approach is retirement may never come,… Continue reading Paying Expenses From Dividends
Mortgage Free versus Paying For 30 Years
Today I’m going to talk about why I believe paying off your home mortgage early makes more sense for us middle folks (and probably the upper folks too) instead of investing all of your extra money into the stock market. From some financial advisors, we hear advise such as paying off your mortgage is a bad… Continue reading Mortgage Free versus Paying For 30 Years