Posted in Goals on January 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Finances
Work through Your Money or Your Life I’ve made good progress, but still have about half of the book to go.
Update my budget for 2009 We’ll have enough to pay all interest on our mortgages and other loans and save about $30,000. Not as much as I would have liked, but better than nothing.
Submit overdue tax [...]
Posted in Financial Freedom, Goals, Happiness, Personal Finances on January 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
All this talk of buying houses by Early Retirement Middle Way and Money on My Mind has me yearning for another property of my own. Of course, it’s completely out of the question for the moment because:
I’m in the USA for another two years so there is no point buying another house back in Australia now;
My [...]
Posted in Green Living, Movies/Documentaries on January 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Earlier this week, Hubby and I attended a local presentation on Electric Vehicles by an affiliate of the Electric Auto Association (EAA). Hubby is quite keen to learn how to convert an ordinary motor vehicle into an electric car, and I went along as an interested observer. While we don’t need a second car while we [...]
Posted in Health on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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Week 3 of Operation Booty-Buster has been an improvement on week 2. Thank goodness.
Hubby changed my training program to focus on exercises which will strengthen my back and core muscles. I guess there was no point pushing on with exercises which were aggravating the problem. By focusing on stabilising the areas which were weak, [...]
Posted in Inspiration, Personal Finances on January 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Prime Minister of Australia has just announced a new initiate to encourage Australians to pull together to beat the rapidly worsening economic downturn.
KEVIN Rudd wants to recruit an army of young volunteers to help the elderly, feed the homeless, and clean up the environment.
In exchange for giving up their time, members of the new Community Corps [...]
Posted in Carnivals on January 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Jan 26th is Australia Day and although it’s still the 25th here, it’s already tomorrow over there. Confused?
Yesterday I hosted a big Australia Day party. Today I’m exhausted and I’m so glad it’s over for another year. I can’t believe how quickly a day can go. I had a great time though. As an ex-pat living in [...]
Posted in Frugal, Green Living, Personal Finances on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In yesterday’s post I listed Sustainability Changes That Save Money which we have managed to successfully include in our life. Today I need to admit that there are many, mnay things that we need to improve upon.
Barter and trade with neighbors and friends.
[D] I’ve thought about it…does that count? Yesterday, Hubby and I were actually brainstorming [...]
