Category Archives: Money

Could I Please Speak to an American?

A few days ago while driving home from work – using my headset so that I could keep both hands on the steering wheel, of course – I was making phone calls.  One was to determine the process we will be going through to move Mr. A's cell phone service from Verizon to T-Mobile.  I had also decided to call DirecTV to see if I could reduce our channels in an effort to save some money.   The cost for DirecTV… Read the rest
MagicJack Plus

Have You Ever Used MagicJack Plus?

I decided to try out MagicJack Plus a couple of weeks ago.  I received the equipment in the mail, but I have not hooked it up yet.  I began looking into it because our broadband service provider has decided to discontinue the VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) line that we've had for the past couple of years. There is a slight difference between MagicJack and MagicJack Plus. From what I understand, MagicJack needs to be plugged into a computer and… Read the rest
Brick Home by Flickrite Paper Cat

Do you Prefer to Rent Your Home or Own Your Home?

I know there are some people who would never have a mortgage loan, or they have had one at some point in time but they feel much more comfortable renting.  I have never been one of those people, and I wonder how much I was affected by an incident that happened when I was about 7 years old.  It was a couple of years after my father abandoned his family to start a brand new family.  My mother was pregnant… Read the rest
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I Just Lost $7,889

So yeah, about that nearly $8000 that I recently lost.  Well, I guess you can't really say that I lost it because it was technically taken from me by my employer. Wait, that's not exactly correct either.  My employer would have been happy to keep showing how much vacation I had accrued but our new auditor this year decided to make us compliant.  Hey, that's what auditors are for, right?   I work for a non-profit agency and we pay our… Read the rest