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I had a pretty lazy weekend this weekend.  Well, as lazy as one can be when starting the weekend with a ten mile race.  But with Saturday’s race, my spring racing season has come to an end, and now I have time to really work on my house again.

And one thing I got done this [...]

Bad Finance Blogger

So I’ve been a bad Personal Finance Blogger as of late.

And not just because I’ve not been posting (blame the new house!).  But because I haven’t done the one thing that I always tell people to do.

I haven’t set up my Roth IRA contributions for the year.  And it’s May.

Do you have a Roth IRA?  [...]

Time flies

Hey!  Where did June go?  I haven’t even put together my net worth update!  I did remember to pay my rent though.  That’s a good thing.

Today, one of my favorite coworkers is retiring.  We had a party for him earlier in the week because so many people are off today due to the holiday weekend.  [...]

Set it and forget it. No really!

While updating my monthly net worth, I was delighted to see that my TSP (Government employee 401(k) program, for those of you new to the blog) had grown a surprising amount.  Now, if you’ve been following the news, you know that July was an excellent month in terms of the market, so it’s no surprise [...]

Don’t give up on retirement!

This article about being able to retire well caught my eye yesterday for a number of reasons.  The first, of course, being the idea that people are panicked about the state of their retirement accounts, but they shouldn’t worry – they can still have a good retirement.  I shouldn’t be one to worry, with 30+ [...]