Adios 2004
I’m getting ready to hop on a bus to Peoria this morning to celebrate the New Year “in style” with my friends from college. We decided to hit Peoria this year because a few girls still live there (we all went to Bradley University) and it’s much cheaper than Chicago, where you might pay $150 [...]
New account update
I am finally able to access my Dec. 15 pay check at the new bank. Thank goodness that’s over. I wonder whether I’ll always be two weeks behind my pay schedule at Washington Mutual? I may have to investigate that. Cash machine, here I come! Oh, how I dread this month’s credit card bill. On [...]
Tsunami aid
For those of you who have budgeted financial donations into your end-of-the-year or holiday plans, here is a helpful link to organizations collecting aid for victims of the Indonesian tsunami: http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/quake.aidsites/index.html This link comes from CNN, which states the organizations are credible. Regardless, you should always do background research any organization before donating a financial [...]
Growing Up
Debt is a way of life for many Americans – this is a fact. Accumulation starts early; the average college student graduates with $18,900 in education loans, up 66 percent from 1997 (Nellie May Corporation, 2003). Car loans, mortgages, electronics and credit cards soon follow. According to www.faireconomy.org, the average American family now carries $79,000 [...]
Going postal
The U.S. Postal Service is relatively user-friendly – with post offices, stamp machines, drop boxes everywhere and a Web site, sending mail should be easy. And yet, somehow, my electricity bill has been sitting in my purse without a stamp for three days. The only person I have to blame is myself. You see, I [...]
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