http://sooz.vox.com/library/posts/tags/money/page/1/ The days are long, but the years are short. en Vox Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:28:29 -0500 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss money http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/rockin-fico.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sooz) http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/rockin-fico.html?_c=feed-rss http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/rockin-fico.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:28:29 -0500 I continue to be so grateful that I started working on my debt/credit when I did. This week I've received a fab pay-off. I'm refinancing my house. The loan officer locked in 4.5% for me today. The new payment for my 15-year note is less than my cu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/rockin-fico.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea06d78fdece011016727cd1860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> money house blessings http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/bleeding-money.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sooz) http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/bleeding-money.html?_c=feed-rss http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/bleeding-money.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:37:37 -0500 I am holding tight to the tourniquet to hopefully staunch the bleeding . . . from my wallet. March is turning into an expensive month! I paid off the $5890 for the trip (now to pay that back), plus $263 for my share of the single supplement. 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A New Year's miracle indeed! <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/holey-moley.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea06d78fdece0109d0fa4b57000f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> money recession 2009 http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/money-makes-the-world-go-round.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sooz) http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/money-makes-the-world-go-round.html?_c=feed-rss http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/money-makes-the-world-go-round.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:13:18 -0600 Last year I made a commitment to myself to pay off all my credit card debt. I was tired of lying in bed at night chiding myself for letting it get to be so much. On five or six different cards (I don’t remember now). I started by enrolling in Fin... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/money-makes-the-world-go-round.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea06d78fdece010981121f7f000c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> money africa tanzania debt http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/spend-yours-yet.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sooz) http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/spend-yours-yet.html?_c=feed-rss http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/spend-yours-yet.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 07 May 2008 18:31:51 -0500 A cool website: How I Spent My Stimulus In January, Congress approved $152 billion in economic stimulus checks for millions of American households, intended to boost the economy and avert a recession. 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WTF has this world come to? <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/overheard-at-the-grocery-store.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea06d78fdece00e3989a4cc10003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> money food overheard http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/yay.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sooz) http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/yay.html?_c=feed-rss http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/yay.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:28:56 -0500 I got my "salary increase" today! It was the second biggest increase during my 15 years here and a very pleasant surprise for a post-vacation Monday. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/yay.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea06d78fdece00d4144c7b803c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work money http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/qotd-ill-have-the-usual.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sooz) http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/qotd-ill-have-the-usual.html?_c=feed-rss http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/qotd-ill-have-the-usual.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:41:43 -0500 If a waiter stopped by right now to take your order, what cocktail or drink are you having? I could so use an ice cold Miller Lite about now. Or maybe a Tanqueray and Tonic (I have the gin, not the tonic). With extra lime. Ooo, or a mojito. Yum.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/qotd-ill-have-the-usual.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea06d78fdece00d41441eb0d3c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd money ac drink order http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/i-need-a-life-makeover.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sooz) http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/i-need-a-life-makeover.html?_c=feed-rss http://sooz.vox.com/library/post/i-need-a-life-makeover.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:34:52 -0600 I need to make some changes in my life. I'm trying to think of a slogan for 2007. Like . . . 2007: The year I get my ass in gear Okay, that's not it. Unfortunately, not much ryhmes with seven. But you know what I mean. 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