This weekend was my first foray into the world of consignment. Overall, I had a very positive experience. I had two tubs of baby toys, the baby crib set, and some infant clothes (with the tags still on!) that I wanted to get rid of. I was poking around Craig’s List to see if that [...]
I was working on making a chore chart this week for LM when I came across this one from ModEco Kids. Just download the pdf in Adobe (Preview for Mac doesn’t work as well) and fill in the blanks. Since LM doesn’t read yet, I added the pictures. I just took photographs of the items, [...]
First, just let me say that grocery shopping has to be one of my least favorite activities. It is annoying to me to spend that much time and money on something like food that is so fleeting. Since 1998, I have used Quicken to track finances. There is some interesting data in all of those [...]
As we enter the holiday season and Christmas lists begin floating around, I was reminded recently about this site: Donors Choose.org: an online charity connecting you to classrooms in need. http://www.donorschoose.org/ Teachers can register their specific needs (lab coats, digital cameras, art supplies, etc.) and people can then donate money toward the items. You can search [...]
I spend a fair amount of time entering receipts into Quicken, so we can track our spending and for tax purposes. I also categorize those expenditures. On some receipts, there might be as many as five or six different categories, and it is time consuming (and inexact–have you ever read a receipt and how know [...]
Six days until I go back to work, and I am jamming all kinds of appointments into those last few days. meeting with the pastor about FH’s baptism haircut (which is desperately needed) chiropractor FH’s three month checkup eye appointment We are also having a four-year-old birthday party for LM on Sunday, and somewhere in [...]
Well, we all survived the family yard sale. It was busy, hot, and we even made some (a little) money. IF we do it again, here are some things we learned: Do as much of the pricing beforehand. Price every individual item if at all possible. Make sure the prices on the items are correct. [...]
Update on original post of 8/21/09 I did sell a few books at the family yard sale, and the rest of those went to charity. I actually had about 60 set aside to go to Abebooks and Powells. I even went to the trouble to type in each of the ISBNs into both sites to [...]
I just finished reading The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley, and William D. Danko. New York: Pocket Books, 1996. It was a quick read. Maybe because it is 13 years old now, I did not find anything too revolutionary in it. In it they outline seven factors for millionaires: They live well below [...]
On a regular basis, my brother-in-law and I come up with ideas to generate income outside of our regular jobs. The Frugal Dad gave our potential activities a name: “A side hustle is a sort of part time job, but it typically involves you building something around your current trade.” This also goes along the lines of [...]
