Archive for the ‘frugality’ Category
Monday, July 14th, 2008
I recently changed jobs and with my job change came a change in culture.
I recently left a job in the midwest. The town where we lived was dominated by old-country Germans. Most of the families had lived in the United States for three or four generations, but the habits and ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
I am finally riding my bicycle to work regularly.
The weather and dress requirement of my last job did not allow me to pedal to work. I am free to wear athletic clothes in my new job - although I think that my coworkers appreciate that I don't show up in ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
One of the reasons that I took a new job that moved us several states to the west was that the job change allowed for more family time. And so far, I have had more time to spend with the family. Actually, might be home too much now and I ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
The loading, driving and unloading parts to our move out west were relatively uneventful, however the first week in our new location has been a little more exciting. It included two lost Sprint phones, strep throat, the flu, and (gasp!) scarlet fever! I didn't even know that disease existed any ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
The lack of activity here on rocket finance is due to a cross-country move and a family-wide bout with the flu. Hopefully things are back to normal and I am pretty certain that the flu bug cannot be carried by the internet. Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming:
A couple ...
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