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Happy Labor Day
Okay, I said it. Now, can we all please get back to work? It’s so funny because for most of the Winter, I complain about the cold and dark. I can’t wait to get back outside to start my planting … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Opinion, Ramblings
Tagged Autumn, cabin fever, computer, holidays, labor day, lawn, lawn mowing, long winter, money, plant, Planting, season, Summer, sun, sunshine, Winter
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It’s Tomato Season in Connecticut
I know that people who have gardens have been picking tomatoes all season long, but for us, tomato season is just starting. Every year, we head down to South Glastonbury, CT to pick up a big box of tomatoes, along … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink
Tagged boiling water, connecticut, Cooking, Farm, freezer, garden, house, making tomato sauce, peach, peaches, picking, salads, season, South Glastonbury, south glastonbury ct, Street, table, tomato sandwiches, tomatoes, tree, vegetable, vegetables, water, zip lock bags
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Does Dormant Grass Grow Back After a Long Hot Summer Drought?
Yep, that’s what we had. A long, hot Summer drought. I am not sure if a drought was ever declared around these here parts, but a drought is what we had. I know that when there is hardly any water … Continue reading
Posted in Home & Garden
Tagged Autumn, Bluegrass, brown grass, Dormant, dormant grass, drought, early september, fertilize, fertilizer, heat, hurricane earl, lawn, long hot summer, Overseeding, plant, rain, Scotts, scotts turf builder, seed, Seeding, September, Spring, Summer, summer drought, temperature, turf, water
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How To Fix a Sagging Mattress
I think the majority of people who sleep on mattresses have the same problem. That’s right…a sagging mattress. Many people think the cure for what ails them is to purchase a new mattress. But what do you do when your … Continue reading
Posted in Home & Garden
Tagged beach, beach towels, firmness, mattress, mattresses, sagging mattress, sags, sleep, sleepys mattress, stomach
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Saving Money Through Bad Credit
My sister and I were talking tonight. I told her that I wrote a blog post about a Yahoo! article that got me all sorts of annoyed. She seemed to agree with what I was saying and went one step … Continue reading
Posted in Finance
Tagged article, bad credit, blog, car loan, Credit, credit card, credit cards, high interest rates, interest, interest rates, money, mortgage, saving, saving money, ways to save money, web content, Yahoo, yahoo article
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Rebalancing a Portfolio and Asset Classes Moving Together
This post will be broken up into two parts. Rebalancing a Portfolio I have a quick question about rebalancing a portfolio. I know there are traditional portfolios and traditional ways of rebalancing them. To set up a traditional portfolio, you … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Finance
Tagged article, asset, asset class, asset classes, bonds, commodities, correlation coefficients, currency, currency etfs, domestic stocks, ETFs, forex market, interest, Invest, investment, investor, market, market turmoil, money, percentage, percentages, portfolio, portfolios, rebalance, rebalancing, risk, risk tolerance, stock, stocks, traditional portfolio
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Online Book Clubs
I have been reading a tremendous number of books lately. When I finish a book, I am usually eager to discuss it with someone of like mind. I oftentimes run into problems with this. Back when I was a kid, … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Recreation
Tagged active forum, book, family, friends and family, good book club, good books, local area, morning, online book clubs, reading, web cams
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Home Improvements Boosting Home Value?
I just read another brilliant article posted over at Yahoo!’s homepage. It was entitled, “8 DIY Projects To Add Value To Your Home By Labor Day.” The home improvement projects are to the effect of: change sinks and faucets, add … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Home & Garden
Tagged article, author, blog, cabinets, car, curtains, diy projects, economist, economists, family, faucets, Financial, financial crisis, home improvement projects, home improvements, home value, hyperinflation, inflation, labor day, land, Landscaping, market, money, reading, sinks, tree, wallet, Wiki, wikipedia, Yahoo
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Really Bad Financial Arguments
Perhaps I shouldn’t call them arguments. Maybe “excuses” would be a better word. As you may have guessed by reading this blog, I am somewhat conservative with my money. I don’t purchase frivolous items and I haven’t been inside a … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness
Tagged Babylon, bank, banks, bathroom, book, broker, cell phones, company, Credit, economics, economics books, family, Financial, fireplace, food, gold, government, grandparents, house, Invest, investment, job, lawn, lawns, leaf, money, neighbor, phone, Poor, reading, rental, retirement, richest man in babylon, sacrifice, tree, Trees, U.S., vacation
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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Whelp, I finally got it. “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand that is. I have been flying through the classics. A while back, I read “1984″ and then just recently I read “Brave New World.” Today, I received a nice beat … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Recreation
Tagged atlas shrugged, atlas shrugged by ayn rand, book, brave new world, Business, college, Credit, distopia, economics, economics books, utopia
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