Meditation retreat

I’m home for the evening from a weekend Buddhist meditation retreat, and I was thinking about how unlikely it was that I’d have much to post on this blog about it.

But then I realized that there is something of value for my readers. I’ve blogged before about giving gifts and feeling better about spending [...]

ETF Performance

I continue to be astounded at how well the ETFs I bought this summer are performing.I thought they’d be goodI was sure they’d do well, I just didn’t know I’d see this kind of result so [...]

Loving those Foreign ETFs

Wow, the ETFs I purchased this summer are spanking the market.FXI: Up 18.2%EWW: Up 20.52%IVE: Up 9.62%Total percent increase, corrected for my share allocation: $15.93%, approximately 60% [...]

New IRA Investments, IVE, FXI, EWW

A couple weeks ago, my rollover transfer from my last employer’s 401K to a dedicated IRA finally [...]

Over a year on the budget

Hey, it has been over a year and my family is still going strong on our budget!

I just realized that we started keeping a formal budget last June. What a difference a year makes. A year ago, we were still operating on the “quick check method”. You know what I mean:
“Bunny, do [...]