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My taxes are almost done!

I am still waiting for one form from my former mortgage company so I can finish my tax returns.  And things are looking good!  Or bad, depending on how you view taxes.

I’m not sure how the state tax return is going to fall out, but it looks like I’m getting a significant chunk of change [...]

The American Dream?

I’m going to talk Politics.  I never talk politics, because after living in DC for five years, I kind of hate politics.   But there is a financial issue going on right now that I find interesting.

A big thing during Presidential elections is the release of the candidates’ tax records.  Obviously, it’s good to know that [...]

Stupid Mistake Rectified

As a couple of commenters suggested, I could call my credit card company and see if I could get the late fees waived after my stupid mistake.  This was something I knew, but something I was reluctant to do.  Would I learn anything from my mistake if I had the damage automatically un-done?

And then I [...]

Stupid, Stupid Mistakes

I made a stupid mistake this month.  I forgot to pay a credit card bill.

How I forgot, I don’t know.  I have two Chase credit cards.  They are linked to one account, so I login once and can see both cards.  Somehow, I set up the electronic payment for one and not for the other.

Thankfully, [...]

Change what you can and accept the rest

There is a song that includes the lines “I will learn to let go what I cannot change… but I will change whatever I can.”

I think this is a good lesson for life.  People always say “If you don’t like something, change it.”  But that’s not always possible.  You change what you can and you [...]