http://doctorfinance.com Random thoughts on money and other things that catch my interest Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:46:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I saw something in the paper the other day about weddings. With these tough economic times, people are obviously cutting back on their spending anyway possible. The days of charging your life away and worrying about the bill are long over. Now one has to watch very carefully where their ... http://doctorfinance.com/do-it-yourself-wedding-invitations/ So, has anyone heard any stories about Tiger Woods lately? Seems like golf’s golden boy certainly has done a major job in messing his life up. Not to mention of course, the lives of his wife Elin and their 2 young children. What started out as a strange Thanksgiving Day ... http://doctorfinance.com/tiger-woods-marriage-and-sleeping/ It’s Sunday now. Going over my to do lists. One thing I do every Sunday is to go over my investment plans for the week. I trade stocks and futures, so I go over my lists of potential stocks to trade for the week. By now I have it down to ... http://doctorfinance.com/investing-sunday/ I was helping my sons friend move back home today. He just graduated college and is moving back in with his parents. Such are the times these days. One thing I noticed when we were moving him was his futon bed. I remember these from years ago. They looked a little ... http://doctorfinance.com/futon-mattress-and-touch-lamps/ Well thanksgiving is over and I’m finally done eating turkey leftovers. This can only mean one thing, Christmas is soon upon us. I wait until after thanksgiving to really start thinking about Christmas. I know some stores start offering Christmas decorations in October, but I guess I’m a little old fashion ... http://doctorfinance.com/christmas-is-coming-time-to-breakout-the-decorations/ Ok its holiday season and the rush and crush to get presents is here. I’m writing this on the day after black Friday, signaling the beginning of the holiday shopping season. So I’m going over my mental list (it will probably be better if I change that to a written list) ... http://doctorfinance.com/perfume%e2%80%a6what-do-i-get-her-this-year/ I have a bunch of friends with newborns and infants so I just wanted to put this out there for all you parents. Stork Craft Baby Cribs has recently made a voluntary recall of more than 2.1 million cribs following reports of children being injured. Stork Craft recommends that you stop ... http://doctorfinance.com/baby-crib-recall/ So I get a call from a friend the other day. Seems like his daughter in college wants to go out with several of her friends and get a tattoo. Needless to say he wasn't too pleased. He figures she's 19 years old, still under his roof so to speak ... http://doctorfinance.com/tattoo-removal-or-preventative/ Well its been raining like heck here lately which is fine by me. My only concern is looking at my above ground pool. The pool itself is great, it watching the water build up on the cover that worries me at times. Nothing would be worse than seeing it rip ... http://doctorfinance.com/winter-swimming-pool-covers/ Hello all and thanks for stumbling by. This blog will be about making money and other things that catch my ADD eye at the moment. Posts will be about saving money, investing and generally not doing stupid things with money. My background is one of an entrepreneur. I have been involved ... http://doctorfinance.com/welcome/