Archive for August, 2008
Money and My Life (dot com)
Every Thursday morning I haul my tired behind out of bed at 5:30 am. I get up this early in order to meet a friend and running partner at Piedmont Park here in Hotlanta for a weekday morning run. I’ll call him John. It’s a good thing I’m calling him John too, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )I know how to pick ‘em
Just now I was perusing Entrepreneur.com’s 2008 Hot List for this year’s hot business ideas and those standbys that are still going strong even in this weakened economy. The latter category includes, in part, online gaming, home party sales, and upscale cupcakes. Upscale cupcakes? Holding on in this economy? Let this [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )A college memory and budgetary epiphany
While at university, I befriended a smart, funny girl named Karla. Karla and I became fast friends and at some point our parents got to know each other and would occasionally get together if either set of parents happened to be in the other’s area. One weekend my parents were in Buffalo, NY and met [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Quick post
Just a quick post to say the McGraw-Hill book on finance arrived today at last. Now begins the experiment…
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Ordered the first book
I am going to have a get a library card for all these books. In the meantime, I’ve chosen “The McGraw-Hill 36 Hour Course in Finance for Non-Financial Managers” as my first book and ordered it through abebooks.com. I doubt I’ll be reading these in the order in which they are presented [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Once upon a time…
Once upon time, I was a little girl… a girl of about 10 years old. I had been going to public school, but for various reasons my parents decided to make huge personal sacrifices (I love my parents, by the way, they are super, but that’s another blog altogether) and send me, my sister [...]
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