Year: 2008

I set up my retirement plan with my new employer today. It’s a Simple IRA rather than a 401K. I still know nothing about those things. I just went with the suggestions the guy gave me. It’s with Edward Jones. I’m putting 3% (of each paycheck) toward it and my employer matched up to 3%. … Continue Reading

I got my W-2 forms in the mail today and I had gotten my 1098-E for my student loan last week. So I sat down at the computer tonite to file my taxes. Last year, I was able to file both my federal and my state taxes for free online with Turbo Tax because of … Continue Reading

Well … there’s no horse involved. It’s actually an elliptical. But ‘back on the elliptical’ just didn’t have the same ring to it … LOL. I bought an elliptical machine back in June of last year. I did pretty good for the summer. But once September hit, I started slacking off. Then I just stopped … Continue Reading

I have my desktop all set up so that I can work on my websites and preview and stuff without having to upload the files to my web host to preview. I have EasyPHP installed so I can develop in php and mySQL. I set up my hosts file and the apache config so that … Continue Reading

Now that I have my laptop, the next thing I need to start saving for is my car. No … not a new car. Maintenance on my car. I just took it in for an oil change. They told me that it has a rough idle (duh … I’ve noticed … LOL) and that the … Continue Reading

I was really worried that I was gonna be screwed financially for this month. I don’t get my first paycheck at the new job until the end of January. I did have some money left in savings after getting my laptop. And when I got my final paycheck from the old job, I found out … Continue Reading

Working from home went pretty well today. But I have come to the realization that I need a bigger desk or a second desk. The problem is that I don’t really have the space for a bigger desk let alone another desk … unless I get rid of my kitchen table. I have my desktop … Continue Reading