June 2012

2012 Goals and Resolutions – Midyear Update

06.29.2012
new year resolutions midyear update

2012 is flying by. Are you keeping track of your new year resolutions or are they long forgotten? I must admit, I haven’t focused on them much over the last 3 months. Life is just so busy and time is passing by so quickly. These quarterly updates really make me more aware of my goals and help me refocus. Let’s start off with Baby RB40′s goals for 2012. Actually he accomplished all his goals in the first 3 months already, so I’ll set new goals for him. Baby RB40‘s Goals for 2012 – Walk. He walks very well now, but [...]

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Alternative to hotels

06.29.2012
timeshare

Alternative to hotels Staying at a hotel can make your vacation more expensive. An alternative to a hotel is to stay at a timeshare. Renting a timeshare can allow you the opportunity to see what becoming a timeshare owner is like. If you like to spend some of your vacation in the same spot every year, then purchasing a timeshare might make sense for you. Convenience I love to take vacations at the beach and fortunately we live only about a one hour drive away. Every year, we go to the beach for a few days and this is one [...]

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The Cost Of Our Summer Vacation

06.27.2012
yurt road trip

Whew! We are back from our road trip to California. It was great to see family and friends, but baby RB40 really hated the long drive. We had to stop a lot more often than usual to calm him down and let him stretch his little legs a bit. Usually we would just drive straight through to San Jose in one day, but this time we had an overnight stop and the drive was a lot more leisurely (meltdowns aside). We visited old friends along the way and it was great to see them. Once we arrived in San Jose, [...]

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Student Loans

06.25.2012
student loans

This is a guest post from my brother Nik. He is currently an emergency room physician. In our family we were always taught to avoid any debts.  I tried not to borrow anything that I knew I could not pay back (which I would do as soon as possible.)  I did not buy anything that I could not afford.  I never allowed any credit card balance to carry over from month to month to avoid interest charges.  But student loans are different. For our family, education is the number one priority after survival.  Education allows you to advance in the [...]

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