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Entries Tagged as 'Becoming Successful in Personal Finance'

Caribbean Vacation on Carnival Cruise Lines

February 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’m very excited to announce that my wife and I have actually booked our first vacation is 3 years :-).  This vacation is the result of a few circumstances:

We actually budgeted the vacation as part of our first annual budget (only took 4 yrs) back in November
Our Daughter is old enough now that we feel comfortable leaving her for […]

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Tags: Becoming Successful in Personal Finance · Becoming a Successful Husband

Find Cheap Flights

January 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

On my quest to become successful in life and personal finance, I’m always on the lookout for ways to be more efficent with my time when looking for money saving solutions. Sometimes, it takes too much work to save trying to save a few dollars, especially when it takes an additional 30 mins to 1 hr of my time.  One […]

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Tags: Becoming Successful in Life · Becoming Successful in Personal Finance

Extended Car Warranties - Buyer Beware

January 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I sure learned a lesson on Friday (Jan 25th). My wife called me on the phone about 1pm, frantic that our 2006 Ford Expedition was driving funny and that it was stalling at stop lights. I told her to drive it straight to the Covert Ford Dealership.  Thankfully she made it without too much trouble.  […]

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Tags: Becoming Successful in Life · Becoming Successful in Personal Finance

2008 Personal Goal Setting

January 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Not to jump on the bandwagon like everyone else. I know goal setting at this time of the year is pretty cliche. But, this is one lesson I’ve definitely learned over the last few years.  This is probably my 3rd year of writing down goals.
Here are my goals for 2008:

Be the BEST husband and father I […]

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Tags: Becoming Successful in Life · Becoming Successful in Personal Finance