Archive for the 'Money Things' Category

Aug 08 2010

Riches or soup

As my readers no doubt know, I’ve been visiting with my mom because we have relatives in from Europe. Last night the girls were watching a pirate movie. It had all the plunders and treasures that were confiscated and what not. My mom and I started talking about gold bullion. During our conversation we didn’t [...]

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Jun 18 2010

A bathroom revamp

I’ve decided that our bathroom is in dire need of a make over. I went on a search for tile and never realized there were so many beautiful selections. While in my search I found what is called Glass Art and also Stained Glass tile. It is beautiful. I especially am attracted to the Stained [...]

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Jun 15 2010

Perhaps a move

I have seriously been thinking about buying a wonderful old house in S. Dakota. It is everything I have been looking for, but would have to keep the home I have here also. This would be a project and a place I could fix up and visit when I could. This would entail movers. I’m [...]

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Apr 21 2010

Corporate Gambles

Just watched a short segment on CNN that explained what the derivatives market is all about. Basically, it is big corporations gambling on whether businesses or homeowners will be successful or fail.
The insurance giant, AIG got into all their trouble last year because of their derivatives portfolio. Well, that plus a lot of other huge [...]

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Jun 03 2009

Why Can’t Cable Come down?

I want to know why my cable bill is so darn high every month. I am always seeing commercials on TV and billboard ads around town that say cable and internet specials are only $49 a month. But my Comcast bill is always over $120.
I don’t understand why the Comcast cable bills are so high [...]

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