Priorities

$8 for a bratwurst$74 (!) for Maybock beer for friends and me at Mayfest, of course$25 cab ride home after missing our stop on the train because we were…sleeping?… At least I got this fine photo out of the day… I think I may need to refocus my summer priorities. This weekend definitely cannot happen [...]

The real cost of home ownership

Since my little brother’s in the market to buy his first home, and I’m always thinking about it, here’s a really helpful article on the true cost of home ownership, courtesy of Kiplinger’s. Some of us may need to seriously reconsider our soy latte addictions in the face of this article. The True Cost of [...]

Building wealth – one small step

I just transferred $500 into my money market account – officially bringing it over $10,000 for the first time ever. Yeah! This is really my “someday I’m gonna buy a house fund,” that’s been growing since I started it at the end of 2003. (Faithful readers will know that I also have a retirement fund [...]