Now that I’ve lost my housing tax shelter, I’m scrambling to get our finances in order: I had my tax exemptions set to 10 yet I still always ended up with a tax refund. Have now decreased my tax exemptions so…
9 Car Insurance Tips to Cut Cost
I have been bugging a friend and former coworker from our dot com startup days to give my readers some helpful advice on a topic I know nothing about…insurance! Elena, who works for State Farm, is our go to agent…
I’m Homeless!
Well that was a downer. To watch Cal lose their lead, then ultimately lose the game was heart-breaking. Ugh. Before I get entrenched with work this week, I wanted to quickly post that we definitively sold my condo. I mentioned…
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Go Bears!
Is anyone watching Cal dominate Louisville? Yowsers. The Bears are looking real good. Such an exciting game. GO BEARS! I have been working all weekend so this is a very nice break. Yeehah. Have to be in the office at…
Confessions of a Hoarder
No, I’m not a hoarder. I’ve either had roommates or lived in a studio or 1-bedroom apartment ever since I left for college. So how much of a hoarder can I be? Well a lot. A lot for me. Now…
Apartment Rental Bust?
An article in the WSJ yesterday projected that, while rents continue to increase, the overall rental market may be cooling as the housing market continues to rebound. Exactly! Now is the time to put the brakes on the home search…
Money Monday: Real Estate Bubble
Hey people, if you haven’t noticed, we are experiencing a housing bubble: skyrocketing rents, zero inventory, and astronomical offers in terms of both volume and price. This is not the time to buy. Back away, people. Back away! I’m completely…
Treasure Island Flea Market
I am under so much pressure right now, I feel my heart is going to burst out of my chest. Work is insane. I’m in escrow with the sale of my condo closing any day now. And we still have…
Our Adopted Boys
Here are the two babies we ‘adopted’ over the weekend. Hyper Timmy is in the foreground. Timmy loves to cuddle and gets super jealous if we start petting the other dog. Laddy is the big fat Cavalier King Charles in…