Archive for 2008


My Dollar Plan Month in Review - July 2008

I’m a firm believer in setting goals and making plans to achieve your goals. A great way to work your plan is to monitor it at regular intervals. Just like many of my other goals, I monitor My Dollar Plan to see how I’m doing.
July continued to show progress in both visitors and subscribers, [...]


Net Worth by Age, Home Ownership and Working

First, an update on our digging adventure. I had a dream that the bill was $30,000! Yikes. I hope that was just a dream. We had the pipe replaced, they poured new concrete for sidewalks and our front stoop, replaced all the landscaping and replaced the sod. As of Friday, our house and lawn are [...]


Back to School Savings Challenge

What? It’s time to go back to school already? What happened to summer? That’s what I wanted to ask members of The Life Skills Network when they suggested a back to school series in early August!
We have a law here that school cannot start until after Labor Day. So school is still a long [...]


12 Ways the Olympics Can Impact Your Finances

Olympics and Money Management
What do the Olympics and money management have in common? Plenty! As I was watching the opening ceremonies and the first few events this weekend, I saw lots of ways to improve your finances.
Here’s the financial tips that I found. Feel free to add more lessons that you see during the [...]


Etrade $25 Sign Up Bonus

The $25 sign up bonus from Etrade is back!
This is one of the easiest free money Friday offers, but whenever it shows up it doesn’t last long. Hurry, this one expires 8/13/2008!
Etrade $25 Sign Up Bonus Details
The sign up is easy, it only took me about 5 minutes to apply. Here is more information [...]


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