Archive for April, 2009

Welcome to the Carnival of Personal Finance

Monday, April 20th, 2009

It's always enjoyable to host and see people's submissions for the Carnival of Personal Finance.  I always learn something new. It's hard to believe that this is Carnival #201.  It continues to get more popular. We're in the second half of Financial Literacy Month.  Have you seen my series on getting back ...

Frugal corner desk for tight spaces

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

My wife  is very clever.  She put together a very functional corner desk for our third bedroom, which functions as her sewing room and our office.  It's easy to take down if we need the extra space, and cost us nothing. And no, it's not made out of FedEx boxes. We spend ...

Why do I always do this to myself?

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

You probably guessed what I'm going to write about from the title and the date:  Income Tax Procrastination.  It's kind of a deadline myopia. About the only thing that's pleasant about filling out tax forms is the realization that I have income from which to pay taxes.  Beyond that, I'm not ...

Pay me more!

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

I was walking past one of the conference rooms at work today, and those three words were scrawled across a dry-erase board.  I laughed out loud, if for no other reason that it was neat to see someone else being a little mischievous. But why, I wonder, does someone want to ...