Finance
Practice Being a Good Receiver
Rich people are excellent receivers; poor people are not. Poor people don’t believe that they are worthy of receiving; rich people do.
Creating a Vision Board
Last Monday, the weather was not very nice and it was pretty gloomy so we decided to go into the basement with our magazines and pictures to create our vision boards. Actually we created vision books, which is a little more portable for us.
Matthew’s First Business
We had our family Easter last Sunday night. As we they adults were entertaining ourselves, the kid kept themselves busy. Sometime during the evening, Matthew asked me how much it cost to get a portrait picture at a photo studio and I told him about $8 for a package. I heard Erin say something about [...]
Getting Kids to Understand Money
Now that the kids have an allowance, that means that they have spending money. A month ago I wrote about how to divide up the kids allowance. Dividing it up into “Play”, “Giving”, “Education”, “Long term savings for spending” and “Financial Freedom”. With their “play” money, they can go to the store and buy whatever [...]
Happy Chinese New Year
This is the New Year in the Lunar calendar, the year of the tiger. We celebrated the coming of the New Year at my aunts place with a reunion dinner last night, new year eve. As my parents are in Malaysia with my sister’s family, we just chatted with them over the telephone.
Kid Allowance – Money Jars
When we returned from Georgia, we decided to give the kids an allowance. Matthew was at the age that he understood the concept of money and wanting to buy things. He needed to understand the value of money and it was time to learn.
Half Price Tuesdays – Winnipeg
Today is Tuesday, and there is a great sale happening every Tuesday. CJOB offers gift certificates at half price every Tuesday from 10am-7pm, and there are different places up every Tuesday. sign up for a weekly email for information on which vendors are on board the following Tuesday Valentines’ day is around the corner (instructions [...]
We Become What We Surround Ourselves With
Someone posted a link on Twitter about this subject and I thought that is so true. I did the passion test many months ago and one of my passions was” to surround myself with like minded people who support me in my daily endeavours and life choices”. It is amazing what the people around can [...]
Andersonville, GA, Camp Sumter
On Sunday, we drive an hour to Andersonville, GA. This is the town where Union prisoners were housed from 1864-1865 during the civil war (1861-1865). It was a little bit of an history lesson. They have a military cemetery where the prisoner who died in captivity during the war were buried and any veterens who [...]
Turning 40
Turning 40 is really no different than turning 26. If you are stressed about a birthday, it is usually all in your head. Like the typical cliche, “You are as old as you feel” and I don’t feel a day over 26. It think that is the age I got married! I feel that I [...]
