Archive for the ‘Organization’ Category

What I did when my wife lost her wallet

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

My wife lost her wallet on Friday while visiting some friends in DC.  She had all of her credit cards, her ATM/debit cards, and her driver's license in that wallet.  I found this out about 1:30 PM Friday, right before the weekend. Here are the steps I went through: I tried to ...

Are you just doing easy stuff?

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Maybe I'm one of a minority that has problems getting down to business when I hit the computer, work, or whatever, but when I sit at the computer I really have to be conscious about what I'm doing there. If I sit down without a plan, I gravitate toward ...

Reminders for your bills that you can’t put on auto-pay

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Automatic bill payment has certainly made our lives easier, but some places still aren't on board yet.  Our county government isn't the only institution that has a relatively archaic method for collecting taxes and fees, but it's the big one we deal with. Property taxes, licenses, water bills, dog ...

How are my 2008 goals going? How are yours going?

Monday, January 28th, 2008

(The Money Blog Network is doing a group writing project on 2008 goal updates. This post is part of that project.) It's almost a full month into the new year. I still see the occasional holiday decoration around town, but most of the ugly inflatables are gone. I'm ...