Saturday, July 31, 2010

title pic Can’t even imagine

Posted by Janice on July 26, 2009

I have been friends for a long time with an elderly gentleman who is a lawyer. He has reached the age where I would think that most people would want to retire. He tells me, though, that he never wants to retire, that he plans to work until his 80th birthday and then he plans [...]

title pic Investing in gold

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When I was working for the phone compnay many years ago, I was thrilled when the company started giving the employees benefits such as 401Ks and stock sharing.  In addition to those investments, my hubby set up IRAs for both of us too.  We definitely were concerned about our retirement years!  I’ve been saddened in [...]

title pic Pins and needles

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I have been a sub bus driver for two school years now. I liked having the flexibility of being able to take days off when I needed them without having to beg for them. But money for sub drivers is sporadic, and I need the regular paycheck, so I’ve asked to be put on as [...]

title pic Already there

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After we closed on the house, we went back to the house to look around and spend the night.  We had brought air beds with us and a few kitchen and bath essentials with us.  We figured that after all the money we spent on buying the house, we didn’t want to spend extra money [...]

title pic New house

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When we were first looking to move into this area, we spent several days looking at houses to buy.  What a whirlwind of houses!  Some were way too fabulously expensive for our budget, some needed too much work.  One seemed to fit our needs just perfect – it had three bedrooms, two baths, and everything [...]

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