From the monthly archives:

April 2009

I wonder how long my almost-10-year-old Honda Odyssey will keep running? I thought it would be getting replaced soon, but now it looks like I’ll probably be holding on to the van for awhile longer. Repairs are getting more expensive, but are still significantly less than car payments, and we sock away some [...]

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Woe is me. I received a letter yesterday from Vanguard saying that the electronic transfer I made to an IRA account from money market account held with another brokerage did not go through due to an incorrect account number. My 2008 IRA contribution amount is now going to be credited from my [...]

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‘m out in the yard this afternoon doing some spring cleaning and loving the sunshine. I found that a lot of the violets have reseeded. Delphiniums are starting to grow, too. I’m relieved that the stuff I planted on a new berm in back last summer survived the winter. The two [...]

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