When Allison told me that she was thinking about starting her own business in Raleigh, she asked me if I would do her bookkeeping for her. I told her that I was very flattered, but I really do live too far away to be comfortable doing that for her. Sure, we’ve been friends a long time, but I suggested that she contact her Raleigh CPA Carson Thorn for a recommendation for some kind of local bookkeeping service. I told her that if he said that he thought it was “doable” even at this long distance then I’d give it some thought.
Category: Money and finances
Driving down to the end of the cul-de-sac I discovered that two of our neighbors had “for sale” lawn signs on their property down by the road. I was surprised to see that the neighbor whose dog attacked our dog was selling her house. I wished that we had enough money to buy the house and let my mother live there – it is a beautiful location, with a beautiful little pond on the property, and it would be nice to have my mother so close by, especially since she is in her golden years.
On a whim I had put a small jar on the counter in the bathroom and I use it to hold my loose change that always seems to collect in my pockets. Since I take my clothes off in the bathroom before my shower at night, I thought that putting the jar right there in the bathroom made the most sense.
Well, it has only been a couple of months since I put the jar in there and it is already full. I took it with me today while running errands, stopped by my bank and asked them to deposit the change into my checking account. Would you believe it came to over $200? That is amazing to think that I have had that much loose change in my pockets these past few months!
Thanks to Roman May
My daughter and her husband finally saved up enough money to buy a new house. They have been married for three years and had lived in an apartment the whole time. The day they had the closing and got the keys they had to get the electricity turned on in their names. They went online to ShopElectricityRatesTexas.com to find the best deal that they could find. My son-in-law’s father had told him that was a great place to get electricity. Then they went into the house and decided that they wanted to paint everything before they moved in. We all chipped in over a long weekend and knocked that job out pretty quickly. We also cleaned everything from top to bottom because my daughter is pretty much a germaphobe. Then over the next week, we all helped, when we could, get all the furniture moved in. The next part involved making the curtains. My mom is a great seamstress so she was a big help in getting the curtains made for every room. I think my daughter learned a lot about sewing from her. So now the house is mostly complete. I am really hoping now that they will start thinking about having a baby. I can’t wait for that to happen.
Every now and then I will run across someone who thinks that life insurance is for suckers. I’ll hear them say something stupid like “why should I buy life insurance?” When I hear them say that it makes my blood boil! Everyone should have life insurance. Life insurance is used to protect your loved ones from having to come up with the money for your funeral and burial expenses. Life insurance is used to pay off your creditors. Life insurance is used to help your dependents be able to keep surviving in your absence.